Arthashastra
मुण्डो वा जटिलो वा स्थानिक व्यञ्जनः प्रभूत जटिल अन्ते वासी वस्त शोणित दिग्धां वेणु शलाकां सुवर्ण चूर्णेन अवलिप्य वल्मीके निदध्याद् उपजिह्विक अनुसरण अर्थम्, स्वर्ण नालिकां वा ॥
An ascetic, with shaved head or braided hair, and followed by a number of disciples with shaved heads or braided hair, and pretending to be aware of whatever is contained in the interior of the earth, may put in the interior of an ant-hill either a bamboo stick wound round with a piece of cloth drenched in blood and painted with gold dust, or a hollow golden tube into which a snake can enter and remain.
english translation
muNDo vA jaTilo vA sthAnika vyaJjanaH prabhUta jaTila ante vAsI vasta zoNita digdhAM veNu zalAkAM suvarNa cUrNena avalipya valmIke nidadhyAd upajihvika anusaraNa artham, svarNa nAlikAM vA ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript