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# The Law Code of Nārada m1.13

Nāradasmṛti m1.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [m1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.13)

kartṝn atho sākṣiṇaś ca sabhyān rājānam eva ca /  
vyāpnoti pādaśo yasmāc caturvyāpī tataḥ smṛtaḥ //

> Because it affects criminals, witnesses, the assessors of the court, and the king, to the amount of one quarter each, therefore it is said to reach four.  
> — Julius Jolly 1889, The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati

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## Translations (1)

- [The Minor Law-Books, Part I: Nārada, Bṛhaspati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada~en-jolly.m1.13) — Julius Jolly 1889, English

## Linked texts (2)

- [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.59.p68) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛticandrikā (Āpadeva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrticandrika-apadeva.1.p79) — Āpadeva 1600, Sanskrit

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