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Manusmriti 8.365

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.365

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Sanskrit

8.365

kanyāṃ bhajantīm utkṛṣṭaṃ na kiṃ cid api dāpayet
jaghanyaṃ sevamānāṃ tu saṃyatāṃ vāsayed gṛhe //

From a maiden who makes advances to a (man of) high (caste), he shall not take any fine; but her, who courts a (man of) low (caste), let him force to live confined in her house.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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