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Book 2 Chapter XIV Paragraph 33

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 2 - The Duties of Government Superintendents / Chapter XIV · Verse Paragraph 33

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(The state goldsmith) shall infer deception (kácham vidyát) when [the artisan preparing articles pays undue attention to] throwing away, counter-weight, fire, anvil (gandika), working instruments (bhandika), the seat (adhikarani), the assaying balance, folds of dress (chellachollakam), his head, his thigh, flies, eagerness to look at his own body, the water-pot, and the firepot.