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Sanatan Dharma

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Book 2 Chapter VI Paragraph 11

Wikisource / R. Shamasastry (1915) · Book 2 - The Duties of Government Superintendents / Chapter VI · Verse Paragraph 11

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The chanting of auspicious hymns during the worship of gods and ancestors, and on the occasion of giving gifts, the harem, the kitchen, the establishment of messengers, the store-house, the armoury, the warehouse, the store-house of raw materials, manufactories (karmánta), free labourers (vishti), maintenance of infantry, cavalry, chariots, and elephants, herds of cows, the museum of beasts, deer, birds, and snakes, and storage of firewood and fodder constitute the body of expenditure (vyayasaríram).