Arthashastra 3.13.2: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 13, Sutra 2
परजनस्य पूर्वमध्यमोत्तमवधा दण्डाः क्रेतृश्रोतृऋणां च ॥ कZ_०३.१३.०२ ॥
parajanasya pūrva-madhyama-uttama-vadhā daṇḍāḥ kretṛ-śrotṛ-ṛṇāṃ ca
किसी और का इंसान बेचने पे सज़ा अलग-अलग होती है, कम, बीच का, या बड़ा। यह सज़ा बेचने वाले, बीच में रहने वाले, और पैसे देने वाले सब पे लगती है।
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A graded penalty schedule plus extending culpability to the market participants (buyer/intermediary/creditor), not only the primary wrongdoer.
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