Arthashastra 3.3.5: Dharmasthiya, Adhyaya 3, Sutra 5

Devanagari script

शुल्कस्त्रीधनाधिवेदनिकानामनादाने च ॥ कZ_०३.३.०५ ॥

Recitation with translationArthashastra 3.3.5

Transliteration

śulkastrīdhanādhivedanikānāmanādāne ca

Translation

यह रूल बियाह के पैसे, औरत की अपनी प्रॉपर्टी, और दूसरी बियाह के पैसे के बारे में भी लगता है। अगर यह पैसे नहीं दिए गए।

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Word by Word

• शुल्क: duty/toll (tax)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुल्क
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समाहार-निर्देशः; सूचीकरणे)

• स्त्रीधन: woman’s property (strīdhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (स्त्री + धन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (समाहार-निर्देशः)

• अधिवेदनिकानाम्: of the adhivedenikā-fees/penalties (a specified fee/penalty connected with remarriage/second marriage while a prior marital tie exists)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिवेदनिका
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन

• अनादाने: in non-taking / in non-receipt (i.e., when it is not taken/collected/received)
• Type: Noun (Verbal noun)
• Root: आ + दा (दान/आदान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘अनादान’ = न-आदान (अभावे)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

Entities Mentioned

• strī (woman)
• pati (husband, implied)
• additional wife context (implied)

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What is the administrative point of grouping these items?

They are treated as a related class of matrimonial financial obligations, allowing courts to apply parallel remedies and standardize adjudication.