Vaishnava Dharmashastra 8.39
Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 8.39
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.39
yasyocuḥ sākṣiṇaḥ satyāṃ pratijñāṃ sa jayī bhavet
anyathā vādino yasya dhruvas tasya parājayaḥ //
If there is contradictory evidence, let the king decide by the plurality of witnesses; if equality in number, by superiority in virtue; if parity in virtue, by the evidence of the best among the twice-born.
Translations (1)
- The Institutes of Vishnu — Julius Jolly 1880, English
Commentaries (2)
- Vaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita 1598, Sanskrit
- Keśavavaijayantī — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) — Julius Jolly & Batakrishna Ghosh, English