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# The Law Code of Nārada m1.19

Nāradasmṛti m1.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [m1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.19)

vākpāruṣyaṃ tathaivoktaṃ daṇḍapāruṣyam eva ca /  
dyūtaṃ prakīrṇakaṃ caivety aṣṭādaśapadaḥ smṛtaḥ //

> Abuse, assault, games, and miscellaneous, these are (the eighteen titles of law) on account of which (judicial procedure) is said to have eighteen topics.  
> — 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.m1.19) — Julius Jolly 1889, English

## Linked texts (1)

- [Madanaratna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.madanaratna.1.p25) — Madanasiṃha, Sanskrit

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