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Book 2 Chapter XIV Paragraph 15

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 2 - The Duties of Government Superintendents / Chapter XIV · Verse Paragraph 15

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When, intentionally causing the crucible (containing the bullion) to burst, a few sandlike particles of the metal are picked up along with other particles of a base metal previously put therein, and the whole is wrought into a mass for the intended coin or ornament), this act is termed dropping (visravana); or when examining the folded or inlaid leaves of an ornament (áchitakapatrapariksháyám) deception is perpetrated by substituting silver for gold, or when particles of a base metal are substituted for those of gold, it is termed dropping (visrávana) likewise.