Arthashastra

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दासं दासीं वा निष्क्रीय पुनर् विक्रय आधानं नयतो द्वादश पणो दण्डः, अन्यत्र स्वयं वादिभ्यः ॥ इति दास कल्पः ।

Selling or mortgaging the life of a male or a female slave once liberated shall be punished with a fine of 12 panas with the exception of those who enslave themselves. Thus the rules regarding slaves.

english translation

dAsaM dAsIM vA niSkrIya punar vikraya AdhAnaM nayato dvAdaza paNo daNDaH, anyatra svayaM vAdibhyaH ॥ iti dAsa kalpaH ।

hk transliteration by Sanscript