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Manava Dharmashastra 8.271

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.271

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Sanskrit

8.271

nāmajātigrahaṃ tv eṣām abhidroheṇa kurvataḥ
nikṣepyo 'yomayaḥ śaṅkur jvalann āsye daśāṅgulaḥ //

If he mentions the names and castes (gati) of the (twice-born) with contumely, an iron nail, ten fingers long, shall be thrust red-hot into his mouth.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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