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तेन अकरोद् गतम् अपसार्यते तत् त्रिपुटक अपसारितम् ॥
an equal portion of pure alluvial gold is replaced, that deceitful act is termed copper-removal (triputaká-vasáritam).
english translation
शुल्बेन शुल्ब अपसारितम्, वेल्लकेन वेल्लक अपसारितम्, शुल्ब अर्ध सारेण हेम्ना हेम अपसारितम् ॥
when, by copper, an equal portion of gold is replaced, that act is termed copper-removal (sulbávasáritam); when by vellakaan equal portion of gold is replaced, it is termed vellaka-removal.
english translation
मूक मूषा पूति किट्टः करटुक मुखं नाली संदंशो जोङ्गनी सुवर्चिका लवणं तद् एव सुवर्णम् इत्य् अपसारण मार्गाः ॥
A crucible with a base metallic piece hidden in it; metallic excrement; pincers; a pair of tongs; metallic pieces (jongani); and borax (sauvarchikálavanam),—these are the several things which are made use of by goldsmiths in stealing gold.
english translation
पूर्व प्रणिहिता वा पिण्ड वालुका मूषा भेदाद् अग्निष्ठाद् उद्ध्रियन्ते ॥
When, intentionally causing the crucible (containing the bullion) to burst, a few sandlike particles of the metal are picked up along with other particles of a base metal previously put therein, and the whole is wrought into a mass for the intended coin or ornament), this act is termed dropping (visravana).
english translation
पश्चाद् बन्धने आचितक पत्त्र परीक्षायां वा रूप्य रूपेण परिवर्तनं विस्रावणम्, पिण्ड वालुकानां लोह पिण्ड वालुकाभिर् वा ॥
or when examining the folded or inlaid leaves of an ornament (áchitakapatrapariksháyám) deception is perpetrated by substituting silver for gold, or when particles of a base metal are substituted for those of gold, it is termed dropping (visrávana) likewise.
english translation