Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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XII, 9.
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW.
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2. If he has criminal intercourse with an Aryan woman, his organ shall be cut off, and all his property be confiscated.
3. If (the woman had) a protector, he shall be executed after (having undergone the punishments prescribed above).
4. Now if he listens intentionally to (a recitation of) the Veda, his ears shall be filled with (molten) tin or lac.
5. If he recites (Vedic texts), his tongue shall be cut out.
6. If he remembers them, his body shall be split in twain.
7. If he assumes a position equal (to that of twice-born men) in sitting, in lying down, in conversation or on the road, he shall undergo (corporal) punishment.
8. A Kshatriya (shall be fined) one hundred (Kârshâpanas) if he abuses a Brâhmana,
9. In case of an assault, twice as much.
Yâgñavalkya II, 215. Haradatta adds that an abusive word or a blow given in jest must not be punished in the manner prescribed above, as the word 'pârushya' presupposes criminal intent.
2. Apastamba II, 10, 26, 20; Mayûkha XIX, 7, where, however, arya has been altered to âkârya. Haradatta adds that the two punishments are cumulative in the case of a Brahmani only. If the offence is committed with a Kshatriya, the offender is liable to the first only; if he sins with a Vaisyâ, to the second.
3. Apastamba II, 10, 27, 9; Manu VIII, 359; Yâgñavalkya II, 286.
7. Âpastamba II, 10, 27, 15; Manu VIII, 281.—The translation follows Haradatta, who is guided by the parallel passages. But for the latter, one would translate 'he shall be fined.'
8. Manu VIII, 267; Yâgñavalkya III, 204-207. Manu VIII, 136 states one Kârshapana or copper Pana contains 80 Raktikâs, which would correspond to 97.60 grammes of the metrical system.
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