Arthashastra · Chapter 2.24
vāpa.atiriktam ardha.sītikāḥ kuryuḥ, sva.vīrya.upajīvino vā catur.tha.pañca.bhāgikāḥ //
yathā^iṣṭam anavasita.bhāgaṃ dadyuḥ, anyatra kṛcchrebhyaḥ //
sva.setubhyo hasta.prāvartimam udaka.bhāgaṃ pañcamaṃ dadyuḥ, skandha.prāvartimaṃ caturtham, sroto.yantra.prāvartimaṃ ca tṛtīyam, caturthaṃ nadī.saras.taṭāka.kūpa.uddhāṭam //
karma.udaka.pramāṇena kaidāraṃ haimanaṃ graiṣmikaṃ vā sasyaṃ sthāpayet //
śāly.ādi jyeṣṭham, ṣaṇḍo madhyamaḥ, ikṣuḥ pratyavaraḥ //
Original text: Arthaśāstra · Edition: R. P. Kangle's edition: The Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra, A critical Edtion with a Glossary, Second edition, University of Bombay 1969. · Data entry Muneo Tokunaga · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0