Manusmriti
पणानां द्वे शते सार्धे प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः । मध्यमः पञ्च विज्ञेयः सहस्रं त्वेव चोत्तमः ॥ १३८ ॥
Two hundred and fifty panas are declared (to be) the first (or lowest) amercement, five (hundred) are considered as the mean (or middlemost), but one thousand as the highest.
english translation
paNAnAM dve zate sArdhe prathamaH sAhasaH smRtaH । madhyamaH paJca vijJeyaH sahasraM tveva cottamaH ॥ 138 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptपणानां द्वे शते सार्धे प्रथमः साहसः स्मृतः । मध्यमः पञ्च विज्ञेयः सहस्रं त्वेव चोत्तमः ॥ १३८ ॥
Two hundred and fifty panas are declared (to be) the first (or lowest) amercement, five (hundred) are considered as the mean (or middlemost), but one thousand as the highest.
english translation
paNAnAM dve zate sArdhe prathamaH sAhasaH smRtaH । madhyamaH paJca vijJeyaH sahasraM tveva cottamaH ॥ 138 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript