Arthashastra

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स्व देश ग्रामयोः पूर्वं मध्यमं जाति संघयोः । आक्रोशाद् देव चैत्यानाम् उत्तमं दण्डम् अर्हति ॥

Defamation of one's own nation or village shall be punished with the first amercement; that of one's own caste or assembly with the middlemost; and that of gods or temples (chaitya) with the highest amercement.

english translation

sva deza grAmayoH pUrvaM madhyamaM jAti saMghayoH । AkrozAd deva caityAnAm uttamaM daNDam arhati ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript