Kautilya's Arthashastra 2.36.41
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 2.36.41
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- Sanskrit
2.36.41
striyaṃ dāsīm adhimehayatāṃ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ, adāsīṃ madhyamaḥ, kṛtāvarodhām uttamaḥ, kulastriyaṃ vadhaḥ //
When a watchman has carnal connection with a slave woman, he shall be punished with the first amercement; with a free woman middlemost amercement; with a woman arrested for untimely movement, the highest amercement; and a woman of high birth (kulastrí), he shall be put to death.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (4)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit