Studies in Ancient Hindu Polity (Based on the Arthashastra of Kautilya), Vol. I c14.s3.33

c14.s3.33

² The meaning of this exception is to safeguard the interests of these useful occupations for the benefit of the public. The text has अर्द्धसीति. Yājñ. uses the word अर्द्धसीरिन् (I, 168) in the sense of "a cultivator who takes half the crop for his labour."