Vaishnava Dharmashastra 5.190
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 5.190
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.190
guruṃ vā bālavṛddhau vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā bahuśrutam
ātatāyinam āyāntaṃ hanyād evāvicārayan //
By killing an assassin who attempts to kill, Whether in public or in private, no crime is committed by the slayer: fury recoils upon fury.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English
Commentaries (2)
- Keśavavaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
- Vaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English