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राज आज्ञया पुरुषम् अनभिगच्छन्ती गणिका शिफा सहस्रं लभेएत, पञ्च सहस्रं वा दण्डः ॥

When a prostitute does not yield her person to any one under the orders of the king, she shall receive 1000 lashes with a whip or pay a fine of 5,000 panas.

english translation

rAja AjJayA puruSam anabhigacchantI gaNikA ziphA sahasraM labheeta, paJca sahasraM vA daNDaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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