Arthashastra

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पशु मृग द्रव्य हस्ति वन परिग्रहो वनम् ॥

Game-forests, timber-forests, and elephant-forests are forests.

english translation

pazu mRga dravya hasti vana parigraho vanam ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

गो महिषम् अज अविकं खर उष्त्रम् अश्व अश्वतरं च व्रजः ॥

Cows, buffaloes, goats, sheep, asses, camels, horses, and mules come under the head of herds.

english translation

go mahiSam aja avikaM khara uStram azva azvataraM ca vrajaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स्थल पथो वारि पथश् च वणिक् पथः ॥

Land and water ways are the roads of traffic.

english translation

sthala patho vAri pathaz ca vaNik pathaH ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

इत्य् आय शरीरम् ॥

All these form the body of income (áyasaríram).

english translation

मूल्यं भागो व्याजी परिघः क्ल्प्तम्(क्लृप्तम्) रूपिकम् अत्ययश् च आय मुखम् ॥

Capital (múla), share (bhága), premia (vyáji), parigha (?) fixed taxes (klripta), premia on coins (rúpika), and fixed fines (atyaya) are the several forms of revenue (áyamukha, i.e., the mouth from which income is to issue).

english translation

mUlyaM bhAgo vyAjI parighaH klptam(klRptam) rUpikam atyayaz ca Aya mukham ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript