Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c13.18

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² Vijñānesvar, in his Commentary on Jājñavalkya II, v. 174, explains पञ्चमम् as a fine equal to the fifth part of anything lost or stolen. If in the light of this explanation, we take the meanings of पञ्चमम् and दशमम् to be the fifth and tenth part of the amount sued for, we meet with difficulty in applying them to line 6, p. 176, Bk. III, पञ्चादानम्, and line 6, p. 184, Bk. III, दासकस्यः ।