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Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.7.2

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.7.2

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Sanskrit

4.7.2

niṣkīrṇamūtrapurīṣaṃ vātapūrṇakoṣṭhatvakkaṃ śūnapādapāṇimān mīlitākṣaṃ savyañjanakaṇṭhaṃ pīṭananiruddhocchvāsahataṃ vidyāt //

Any person whose corpse is tainted with mucus and urine, with organs inflated with wind, with hands and legs swollen, with eyes open, and with neck marked with ligatures may be regarded as having been killed by suffocation and suppression of breathing.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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