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क्षौम दुकूल क्रिमि तान कङ्कट हरि ताल मनः शिला अञ्जन हिङ्गुलुक लोह वर्ण धातूनां चन्दन अगुरु कटुक किण्व अवराणां चर्म दन्त आस्तरण प्रावरण क्रिमि जातानाम् आज एडकस्य च दश भागः पञ्च दश भागो वा ॥

Of fibrous garments (kshauma), cotton cloths (dukúla), silk (krimitána), mail armour (kankata), sulphuret of arsenic (haritála), red arsenic (manassilá), vermilion (hingulaka), metals (lóha), and colouring ingredients (varnadhátu); of sandal, brown sandal (agaru), pungents (katuka), ferments (kinva), dress (ávarana), and the like; of wine, ivory, skins, raw materials used in making fibrous or cotton garments, carpets, curtains (právarana), and products yielded by worms (krimijáta); and of wool and other products yielded by goats and sheep, he shall receive 1/10th or 1/15th as toll.

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