Sutra 3
सीमावरोधेन ग्रामाग्रं कृष्टाकृष्टस्थलकेदारारामषण्डवाटवनवास्तुचैत्यदेवगृहसेतुबन्धश्मशानसत्त्रप्रपापुण्यस्थानविवीतपथिसङ्ख्यानेन क्षेत्राग्रम् तेन सीम्नां क्षेत्राणां च करदाकरदसङ्ख्यानेन ॥ कZ_०२.३५.०३ ॥
sīmāvarodhena grāmāgraṃ kṛṣṭākṛṣṭasthalakedārārāmaṣaṇḍavāṭavanavāstucaityadevagṛhasetubandhaśmaśānasattraprapāpuṇyasthānavivītapathisaṅkhyānena kṣetrāgram; tena sīmnāṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ ca karadākaradasaṅkhyānena
通过巩固并标示边界，他应确定村落的总范围；又通过清点已耕与未耕之地——田地、灌溉地块、果园、林丛、园圃、森林、宅基地、祠坛、寺庙、堤坝/桥梁、火葬场、施食处、供水处、圣地以及受保护/受管制的道路线路——他应确定土地总量；并据此统计边界与田地之内应税与免税的占有。
FAQs
Because a revenue state must map not only productive land but also public, sacred, and regulated spaces—many of which affect exemptions, policing, and infrastructure obligations.
To define the tax base precisely, preventing illegal exemptions while protecting legally exempt categories.