Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.19.13
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.19.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.19.13
mṛtakalpam aśoṇitaṃ ghnato hastapādapārañcikaṃ vā kurvataḥ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ, pāṇipādadantabhaṅge karṇanāsācchedane vraṇavidāraṇe cca, anyatra duṣṭavraṇebhyaḥ //
Beating a person almost to death, though without causing blood, breaking the hands, legs, or teeth, tearing off the ear or the nose, or breaking open the flesh of a person except in ulcers or boils shall be punished with the first amercement. Causing hurt in the thigh or the neck, wounding the eye, or hurting so as to impede eating, speaking, or any other bodily movements shall not only be punished with the middlemost amercement, but also be made liable to the payment (to the sufferer) of such compensation as is necessary to cure him.
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