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those (officials) who, evil-minded, may take money from suitors, and banish them.
LAWS OF MANU.
VII, 125.
125. For women employed in the royal service and for menial servants, let him fix a daily maintenance, in proportion to their position and to their work.
126. One panа must be given (daily) as wages to the lowest, six to the highest, likewise clothing every six months and one drona of grain every
month.
127. Having well considered (the rates of) purchase and (of) sale, (the length of) the road, (the expense for) food and condiments, the charges of securing the goods, let the king make the traders pay duty.
128. After (due) consideration the king shall always fix in his realm the duties and taxes in such a manner that both he himself and the man who does the work receive (their due) reward.
129. As the leech, the calf, and the bee take their food little by little, even so must the king draw from his realm moderate annual taxes.
130. A fiftieth part of (the increments on) cattle
126. 'One pana;' see below, VIII, 136. A drona,' i. e. 'four âdhakas' (Medh., Kull., Râgh.), or '512 palas' (Gov.); see below, VIII, 135. Gov., Kull., Nâr., and Râgh. state that the highest servants shall receive six times as much grain and clothes as the lowest, and they add that the middle-class servants, of course, receive three times as much as the lowest.
127. The food and condiments,' i. e. 'what is consumed by the people employed by the merchants.' According to Kull. and Nâr., yoga means the net profits,' and kshema 'the charges for securing the goods against robbers and so forth.' According to Medh., Gov., and Râgh., the whole compound denotes the latter charges alone. 130-132. Ap. II, 26, 9; Gaut. X, 24-27; Vas. XIX, 26-27; Baudh. I, 18, 1, 13, 15; Vi. III, 22-25, 29-30.
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