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________________ 360 BRIHASPATI. XXII, 3. fold, according to their skill, ability, and mode of cheating. 3. (Fraudulent) traders, quacks, gamblers, (corruptible) judges, those who accept bribes, cheats, persons (pretending) to know how to interpret evil omens, or to practise propitiatory rites, low artists, forgers, 4. (Hired servants) refusing to do their work, (roguish) umpires, perjured witnesses, and, lastly, jugglers : these are termed open thieves. 5. Housebreakers, highwaymen, robbers of bipeds or quadrupeds, thieves of clothes and the like, and stealers of grain, should be considered secret thieves. 6. (Thieves or robbers) having been found out by the king's attendants by their associating (with thieves) or by marks of their criminality, or by their being possessed of stolen goods, shall be compelled to restore their plunder, and shall be visited with punishments ordained in law. 7. A merchant who conceals the blemish of an article which he is selling, or mixes bad and good articles together, or sells (old articles) after repairing them, shall be compelled to give the double quantity (to the purchaser) and to pay a fine equal (in amount) to the value of the article. 8. A physician who, though unacquainted with drugs and spells, or ignorant of the nature of a disease, yet takes money from the sick, shall be punished like a thief. 9. Gamblers playing with false dice, prostitutes, 5. Ratn. p. 292. 6. Viv. p. 157; Ratn. p. 293. 7-15. Ratn. pp. 297, 306–311, 314; May. p. 142; Viram. p. 492; Viv. pp. 159-165. The readings of the Ratnâkara have been followed throughout, in preference to those found in the other works. Digitized by Google
SR No.007685
Book TitleGrihya Sutras
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorHermann Oldenberg
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1886
Total Pages2642
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size49 MB
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