Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.19.2
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.19.2
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- Sanskrit
3.19.2
nābher adhaḥkāyaṃ hastapaṅkabhasmapāṃsubhir iti spṛśatas tripaṇo daṇḍaḥ, tair evāmedhyaiḥ pādaṣṭhīvikābhyāṃ ca ṣaṭpaṇaḥ, chardimūtrapurīṣādibhir dvādaśapaṇaḥ //
When a person touches with hand, mud, ashes or dust the body of another person below the naval, he shall be punished with a fine of 3 panas; with some but unclean things, with the leg, or spittle, 6 panas; with saliva (Chhardi), urine, faeces, etc. 12 panas. If the same offence is committed above the navel, the fines shall be doubled; and on the head, quadrupled.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (5)
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit