Arthashastra · Chapter 04.2

saṃsthā.adhyakṣaḥ paṇya.saṃsthāyāṃ purāṇa.bhāṇḍānāṃ sva.karaṇa.viśuddhānām ādhānaṃ vikrayaṃ vā sthāpayet //

tulā.māna.bhāṇḍāni ca^avekṣeta pautava.apacārāt //

parimāṇī.droṇayor ardha.pala.hīna.atiriktam adoṣaḥ //

pala.hīna.atirikte dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //

tena pala.uttarā daṇḍa.vṛddhir vyākhyātā //

tulāyāḥ karṣa.hīna.atiriktam adoṣaḥ //

dvi.karṣa.hīna.atirikte ṣaṭ.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //

tena karṣa.uttarā daṇḍa.vṛddhir vyākhyātā //

āḍhakasya^ardha.karṣa.hīna.atiriktam adoṣaḥ //

karṣa.hīna.atirikte tri.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //

tena karṣa.uttarā daṇḍa.vṛddhir vyākhyātā //

tulā.māna.viśeṣāṇām ato^anyeṣām anumānaṃ kuryāt //

tulā.mānābhyām atiriktābhyāṃ krītvā hīnābhyāṃ vikrīṇānasya ta eva dvi.guṇā daṇḍāḥ //

gaṇya.paṇyeṣv aṣṭa.bhāgaṃ paṇya.mūlyeṣv apaharataḥ ṣaṇ.ṇavatir daṇḍaḥ //

kāṣṭha.loha.maṇi.mayaṃ rajju.carma.mṛṇ.mayaṃ sūtra.valka.roma.mayaṃ vā jātyam ity ajātyaṃ vikraya.ādhānaṃ nayato mūlya.aṣṭa.guṇo daṇḍaḥ //

sāra.bhāṇḍam ity asāra.bhāṇḍaṃ taj.jātam ity ataj.jātaṃ rādhā.yuktam ity upadhiyuktaṃ samudga.parivartimaṃ vā vikraya.ādhānaṃ nayato hīna.mūlyaṃ catuṣpañcāśat.paṇo daṇḍaḥ, paṇa.mūlyaṃ dvi.guṇo, dvi.paṇa.mūlyaṃ dvi.śataḥ //

tena^argha.vṛddhau daṇḍa.vṛddhir vyākhyātā //

kāru.śilpināṃ karma.guṇa.apakarṣam ājīvaṃ vikraya.kraya.upaghātaṃ vā sambhūya samutthāpayatāṃ sahasraṃ daṇḍaḥ //

vaidehakānāṃ vā sambhūya paṇyam avarundhatām anargheṇa vikrīṇatāṃ vā sahasraṃ daṇḍaḥ //

tulā.māna.antaram argha.varṇa.antaraṃ vā - dharakasya māyakasya vā paṇa.mūlyād aṣṭa.bhāgaṃ hasta.doṣeṇa^ācarato dvi.śato daṇḍaḥ //

tena dvi.śata.uttarā daṇḍa.vṛddhir vyākhyātā //

dhānya.sneha.kṣāra.lavaṇa.gandha.bhaiṣajya.dravyāṇāṃ sama.varṇa.upadhāne dvādaśa.paṇo daṇḍaḥ //

yan.niṣṛṣṭam upajīveyus tad eṣāṃ divasa.saṃjātaṃ saṃkhyāya vaṇik sthāpayet //

kretṛ.vikretror antara.patitam ādāyād anyad bhavati //

tena dhānya.paṇya.nicayāṃś ca^anujñātāḥ kuryuḥ //

anyathā.nicitam eṣāṃ paṇya.adhyakṣo gṛhṇīyāt //

tena dhānya.paṇya.vikraye vyavahareta^anugraheṇa prajānām //

anujñāta.krayād upari ca^eṣāṃ sva.deśīyānāṃ paṇyānāṃ pañcakaṃ śatam ājīvaṃ sthāpayet, para.deśīyānāṃ daśakam //

tataḥ param arghaṃ vardhayatāṃ kraye vikraye vā bhāvayatāṃ paṇa.śate pañca.paṇād dvi.śato daṇḍaḥ //

tena^argha.vṛddhau daṇḍa.vṛddhir vyākhyātā //

sambhūya.kraye ca^eṣām avikrīte na^anyaṃ sambhūya.krayaṃ dadyāt //

paṇya.upaghāte ca^eṣām anugrahaṃ kuryāt //

paṇya.bāhulyāt paṇya.adhyakṣaḥ sarva.paṇyāny eka.mukhāni vikrīṇīta //

teṣv avikrīteṣu na^anye vikrīṇīran //

tāni divasa.vetanena vikrīṇīrann anugraheṇa prajānām //
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