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Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.7.26

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.7.26

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4.7.26

rajjunā rājamārge tāṃś caṇḍālenāpakarṣayet /
na śmaśānavidhis teṣāṃ na sambandhikriyās tathā //

For such murderers as the above, neither cremation rites nor any obsequies usually performed by relatives shall be observed.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

If a man or woman under the infatuation of love, anger, or other sinful passions commits or causes to commit suicide by means of ropes, arms, or poison, he or she shall be dragged by means of a rope along the public road by the hands of a Chandála.

R. Shamasastry 1915, Kautilya's Arthaśāstra

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