Vaishnava Dharmashastra 5.189
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 5.189
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.189
nakhināṃ śṛṅgiṇāṃ caiva daṃṣṭriṇām ātatāyinām
hastyaśvānāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ vadhe hantā na doṣabhāk //
Any one may unhesitatingly slay a man who attacks him with intent to murder him, whether his spiritual teacher, young or old, or a Brâhmana, or even (a Brâhmana) versed in many branches of sacred knowledge.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English
Commentaries (2)
- Vaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita 1598, Sanskrit
- Keśavavaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- 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