Arthashastra

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/24/18

स्व सेतुभ्यो हस्त प्रावर्तिमम् उदक भागं पञ्चमं दद्युः, स्कन्ध प्रावर्तिमं चतुर्थम्, स्रोतो यन्त्र प्रावर्तिमं च तृतीयम्, चतुर्थं नदी सरस् तटाक कूप उद्धाटम् ॥

sanskrit

Those who cultivate irrigating by manual labour (hastaprávartimam) shall pay 1/5th of the produce as water-rate (udakabhágam); by carrying water on shoulders (skandhaprávartimam) ¼th of the produce; by water-lifts (srotoyantraprávartimam), ⅓rd of the produce; and by raising water from rivers, lakes, tanks, and wells (nadisarastatákakúpodghátam),⅓rd or ¼th of the produce.

english translation

sva setubhyo hasta prAvartimam udaka bhAgaM paJcamaM dadyuH, skandha prAvartimaM caturtham, sroto yantra prAvartimaM ca tRtIyam, caturthaM nadI saras taTAka kUpa uddhATam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/adhyaksa-pracara/24/18

स्व सेतुभ्यो हस्त प्रावर्तिमम् उदक भागं पञ्चमं दद्युः, स्कन्ध प्रावर्तिमं चतुर्थम्, स्रोतो यन्त्र प्रावर्तिमं च तृतीयम्, चतुर्थं नदी सरस् तटाक कूप उद्धाटम् ॥

sanskrit

Those who cultivate irrigating by manual labour (hastaprávartimam) shall pay 1/5th of the produce as water-rate (udakabhágam); by carrying water on shoulders (skandhaprávartimam) ¼th of the produce; by water-lifts (srotoyantraprávartimam), ⅓rd of the produce; and by raising water from rivers, lakes, tanks, and wells (nadisarastatákakúpodghátam),⅓rd or ¼th of the produce.

english translation

sva setubhyo hasta prAvartimam udaka bhAgaM paJcamaM dadyuH, skandha prAvartimaM caturtham, sroto yantra prAvartimaM ca tRtIyam, caturthaM nadI saras taTAka kUpa uddhATam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript