Manusmriti 8.383
Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.383
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- Sanskrit
8.383
sahasraṃ brāhmaṇo daṇḍaṃ dāpyo gupte tu te vrajan
kṣatriyaviśoḥ sāhasro vai bhaved damaḥ //
A Brahmana shall be compelled to pay a fine of one thousand (panas) if he has intercourse with guarded (females of) those two (castes); for (offending with) a (guarded) Sudra female a fine of one thousand (panas shall be inflicted) on a Kshatriya or a Vaisya.
Translations (1)
- The Laws of Manu — Georg Bühler 1886, English
Commentaries (6)
- Manubhāṣya — Medhātithi, Sanskrit
- Manvarthamuktāvalī — Kullūka Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Manvarthacandrikā — Rāghavānanda Sarasvatī, Sanskrit
- Commentary of Nārāyaṇa — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Mānavāryabhāṣya — Sanskrit
- Manvāśrayānusāriṇī — Govindarāja, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — Sharma 1958, English