Agni Purana — Vyavahara, Shloka 25
Determination of Boundary Disputes and Related Matters (सीमाविवादादिनिर्णयः)
पणानेकशफे दद्याच्चतुरः पञ्च मानुषे महिषोष्ट्रगवां द्वौ द्वौ पादं पादमजाविके
paṇānekaśaphe dadyāccaturaḥ pañca mānuṣe mahiṣoṣṭragavāṃ dvau dvau pādaṃ pādamajāvike
ដោយយក ១ ប៉ាណា ជាមូលដ្ឋាន៖ សត្វមានក្រចកតែមួយ ត្រូវបង់ ៤; មនុស្ស ត្រូវបង់ ៥។ សម្រាប់ក្របី អូដ្ឋ និងគោ ត្រូវបង់ ២ និង ២; សម្រាប់ពពែ និងចៀម ត្រូវបង់ មួយភាគបួនៗ។
Lord Agni (in discourse to the sage Vasiṣṭha)
Vidya Category: {"primary_vidya":"Arthashastra","secondary_vidya":"Dharmashastra","practical_application":"Setting standardized valuation/fine multipliers for different beings/animals using the paṇa as a base unit—useful for compensation schedules, penalties, and legal assessment.","sutra_style":true}
Encyclopedic Reference: {"reference_type":"List","entry_title":"Paṇa-Based Valuation Multipliers for Humans and Livestock","lookup_keywords":["pana valuation","fine schedule","livestock rates","human valuation","ekaśapha"],"quick_summary":"A graded schedule assigns multipliers over a base paṇa for different categories (single-hoof animals, humans, buffalo/camel/cow, goats/sheep), enabling consistent fines and compensation."}
Concept: Normative quantification in governance: dharma operationalized through measurable schedules for fines/compensation.
Application: Use fixed tables for penalties to reduce arbitrariness; keep local conversion/coin standards consistent for fair adjudication.
Khanda Section: Dharma-shastra / Vyavahara (Fines, compensation, and legal valuation)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A scribe in a court or revenue office writes a valuation table: single-hoof animals, human, buffalo/camel/cow, goat/sheep, with corresponding paṇa multipliers; animals are shown in rows as exemplars.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural, stylized animals in a row (horse/donkey as ekaśapha, buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep) beside a seated scribe with palm-leaf manuscript showing numbers, warm earthy palette","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore, gold-accented ledger scene with royal accountant, animals depicted iconically with ornate harnesses, coin stacks indicating multipliers, rich decorative border","mysore_prompt":"Mysore painting, clean instructional chart-like composition, animals labeled in Sanskrit, scribe with stylus and manuscript, emphasis on clarity and proportion","mughal_miniature_prompt":"Mughal miniature, detailed revenue office with clerk and scales, animals rendered naturalistically in small vignettes, fine calligraphy-like numerals for paṇa rates"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"instructional","suggested_raga":"Abhogi","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"instructional"}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: पणानेकशफे = पणान् + एकशफे; दद्याच्चतुरः = दद्यात् + चतुरः; पादमजाविके = पादम् + अजाविके.
Related Themes: Agni Purana 256 (fines and compensation schedules)
FAQs
It imparts vyavahāra-vidyā (practical jurisprudence): a schedule for monetary valuation/fines (in paṇas) differentiated by category—humans, cattle-class animals, and small livestock.
Beyond theology, it preserves administrative and legal norms—rates of compensation/penalty by species—showing the Purana’s coverage of governance, economics, and civil law alongside ritual and myth.
By prescribing standardized restitution, it supports dharma through fair redress and restraint of harm; just compensation is treated as a means to reduce wrongdoing and its karmic consequences in society.