Kautilya's Arthashastra 4.9.26
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra 4.9.26
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- Sanskrit
4.9.26
tad evākṣaṇagṛhītāyām āryāyāṃ vidyāt, dāsyāṃ pūrvaḥ sāhasadaṇḍaḥ //
When an officer commits rape with an Arya woman who has been arrested for untimely movement at night (akshanagrihitáyám), he shall also be hanged at the very spot; when a similar offence is committed with a woman under slavery, the offender shall be punished with the first amercement.
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