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# The Law Code of Nārada m1.6

Nāradasmṛti m1.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [m1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada.m1.6)

sāras tu vyavahārāṇāṃ pratijñā samudāhṛtā /  
taddhānau hīyate vādī taraṃs tām uttaro bhavet //

> The plaint is declared to be the essential part of a proceeding-at-law. If he succumbs with it, the defendant loses the whole suit. If he can prove the charge, he gains the suit.  
> — 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.m1.6) — Julius Jolly 1889, English

## Linked texts (4)

- [Nāradīyamunisaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha.naradiyamunisamhita.1.6) — Sanskrit
- [Vivādārṇavasetu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadarnavasetu.2.p75) — Several paṇḍits 1748, Sanskrit
- [Vivādārṇavasetu (Bāṇeśvara and others)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadarnavasetu-banesvara-and-others.2.p75) — Bāṇeśvara and others, Sanskrit
- [Vyavahāracintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vyavaharacintamani.1.p69) — Vācaspatimiśra, Sanskrit

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