Arthashastra

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पूर्व अनुवृत्तं धर्म सेतुम् आधानं विक्रयं वा नयतो नाययतो वा मध्यमः साहस दण्डः, श्रोतृऋणाम् उत्तमः, अन्यत्र भग्न उत्सृष्टात् ॥

as also the sale or mortgage, or causing the sale or mortgage, of any long continued charitable building (púrvánuvrittam dharmasetum) shall be punished with the middlemost amercement. Those who are witnesses to such transactions shall be punished with the highest amercement excepting in the case of neglected or ruined buildings.

english translation

pUrva anuvRttaM dharma setum AdhAnaM vikrayaM vA nayato nAyayato vA madhyamaH sAhasa daNDaH, zrotRRNAm uttamaH, anyatra bhagna utsRSTAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript