Vaishnava Dharmashastra 36.1
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 36.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
36.1
yāgasthasya kṣatriyasya vaiśyasya ca rajasvalāyāś cāntarvatnyāś cātrigotrāyāś cāvijñātasya garbhasya śaraṇāgatasya ca ghātanaṃ brahmahatyāsamānīti ||
Killing a Kshatriya or Vaisya engaged in a sacrifice, or a woman in her courses, or a pregnant woman, or a woman (of the Brâhmana caste) who has bathed after temporary uncleanness, or an embryo of unknown sex, or one come for protection, are crimes equal to the crime of killing a Brâhmana.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English
Commentaries (2)
- Keśavavaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita 1622, Sanskrit
- Vaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture — Johann Jakob Meyer, English
- Smṛtimuktāphala — Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita 1575, Sanskrit