Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.13.30
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.13.30
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- Sanskrit
4.13.30
mātāpitror bhaginīṃ mātulānīm ācāryāṇīṃ snuṣāṃ duhitaraṃ bhaginīṃ vādhicaratas triliṅgacchedanaṃ vadhaś ca //
When a man performs witch-craft to win the sister of his own father or mother, the wife of a maternal uncle or of a preceptor, his own daughter-in-law, daughter, or sister, he shall have his limb cut off and also put to death,,while any woman who yields herself to such an offender shall also, receive similar punishment. Any woman who yields herself to a slave, a servant, or a hired labourer shall be similarly punished.
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