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Manava Dharmashastra 8.75

Mānava Dharmaśāstra 8.75

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Sanskrit

8.75

sākṣī dṛṣṭaśrutād anyad vibruvann āryasaṃsadi
avāṅ narakam abhyeti pretya svargāc ca hīyate //

A witness who deposes in an assembly of honourable men (Arya) anything else but what he has seen or heard, falls after death headlong into hell and loses heaven.

Georg Bühler 1886, The Laws of Manu

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