Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.7.26
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.7.26
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- Sanskrit
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.
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.
Translations (1)
- Kautilya's Arthaśāstra — R. Shamasastry 1915, English
Commentaries (5)
- Pratipadapañcikā — Bhaṭṭasvāmin, Sanskrit
- Cāṇakyaṭīkā — Bhikṣu Prabhamati, Sanskrit
- Nayacandrikā — Mādhavayajvan, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — T. Gaṇapati Śāstrī, Sanskrit
- Śrīmūla — Gaṇapatisāstrin, Sanskrit