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यं वा नाना लोह क्षाराणाम् अङ्गार भस्म असंदंश मुष्टिक अधिकरणी बिम्ब टङ्क मूषाणाम् अभीक्ष्ण क्रेतारं मषी भस्म धूम दिग्ध हस्त वस्त्र लिङ्गं कर्मार उपकरण संसर्गं कूट रूप कारकं मन्येत तं सत्त्री शिष्यत्वेन संव्यवहारेण च अनुप्रविश्य प्रज्ञापयेत् ॥

Whoever is suspected of manufacturing counterfeit coins in that he often purchases various kinds of metals, alkalis, charcoal, bellows, pincers, crucibles, stove, and hammers, has his hands and cloths dirty with ashes and smoke, or possesses such other accessory instruments as are necessary for this illegal manufacture, may be requested by a spy to take the latter as an apprentice, and being gradually betrayed by the spy, such person, on proclamation of his guilt as the manufacturer of false coins, shall be banished.

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