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# The Law Code of Nārada m1.22

Nāradasmṛti m1.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [m1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.22)

dvyabhiyogas tu vijñeyaḥ śaṅkātattvābhiyogataḥ /  
śaṅkāsatāṃ tu saṃsargāt tattvaṃ hoḍhādidarśanāt //

> It is said to have two modes of plaint, because a plaint may be either founded on suspicion or on fact. It is founded on suspicion, when the defendant has been seen to move in bad company. It is founded on fact, when the stolen chattels or the like have come to light.  
> — 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.m1.27) — Julius Jolly 1889, English

## Linked texts (3)

- [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.59.p72) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- [Smṛticandrikā (Āpadeva)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrticandrika-apadeva.1.p84) — Āpadeva 1600, Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāramālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharamala.2.p4) — Varadarāja (grammarian) 1700, Sanskrit

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