Sutra 6

Devanagari script

कोशभाण्डागाराक्षशालाभ्यश्चतुर्भागमूल्येषु एत एव द्विगुणा दण्डाः ॥ कZ_०४.९.०६ ॥

Transliteration

kośabhāṇḍāgārākṣaśālābhyaś caturbhāgamūlyeṣu eta eva dviguṇā daṇḍāḥ

Translation

For theft from the treasury/storehouse and from the gaming house—where valuation is taken as one-quarter—the same penalties apply but doubled.

Word by Word

• कोश: treasury
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोश
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• भाण्डागार: storehouse/warehouse
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड + आगार
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• अक्षशाला: gaming house / dice-house
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष + शाला
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)

• अभ्यः: from/than (ablative plural ending used with the preceding list)
• Type: Particle
• Root: अस््मद्? (न)
• Form: अपादानार्थे पञ्चमी-बहुवचन-प्रत्ययः (समासान्त-रूपम्); ‘...-आभ्यः’ = ‘from/than ...’

• चतुर्भागमूल्येषु: in cases assessed at one-fourth value (quarter-value cases)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् + भाग + मूल्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी बहुवचन; ‘चतुर्भाग-मूल्य’ = ‘value at one-fourth (of the goods/amount)’

• एते: these
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

• एव: indeed/only/just
• Type: Particle
• Root: एव
• Form: निपात

• द्विगुणाः: double (twofold)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + गुण
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; ‘twofold/double’ (qualifying दण्डाः)

• दण्डाः: penalties/fines
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

Entities Mentioned

• kośa
• bhāṇḍāgāra
• akṣaśālā

More Details

FAQs

Why double penalties for treasury and gaming-house theft?

These are high-risk, high-leakage nodes (cash/valuables turnover). Doubling penalties compensates for enforcement difficulty and protects fiscal integrity.

What does the quarter-value basis suggest?

An institutional valuation convention (possibly conservative accounting) paired with harsher sanctions to maintain deterrence despite lower assessed value.