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Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.20.16

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 3.20.16

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Sanskrit

3.20.16

kulanīvīgrāhakasyāpavyayane, vidhavāṃ chandavāsinīṃ prasahyādhicarataḥ, caṇḍālasyāryāṃ spṛśataḥ, pratyāsannam āpady anabhidhāvato, niṣkāraṇam abhidhāvanaṃ kurvataḥ, śākyājīvakādīn vṛṣalapravrajitān devapitṛkāryeṣu bhojayataḥ śatyo daṇḍaḥ //

When a person misappropriates the revenue he collects as the agent of a household, violates by force the chastity of a widow of independent living, when an outcast (chandála) person touches an Arya woman, when a person does not run to render help to another in danger, or runs without a cause, and when a person entertains, in dinner dedicated to gods or ancestors Buddhists (sákya,) Ajívakas, Súdras and exiled persons, (pravrajita) a fine of 100 panas shall be imposed.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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