Matsya Purana 227.147
Matsyapurāṇa 227.147
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227.147
bahūnāṃ vrajatāmekāṃ sarve te dviguṇandamam.
dadyuḥ pṛthak pṛthak sarve daṇḍañca dviguṇaṃ param .. 227.146 ..
If a number of people forcibly indulge with a concubine, the king should make each one of them pay her double the amount of her wages—146
One who practises Vaśīkaraṇa and Abhichāra practices, etc, should be fined 200 Paṇas One who sells bad seeds calling them to be good If a man takes a prostitute to another person on the pretext of taking her to some particular individual should be fined a mâṣâ of gold—144
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
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- Matsya — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English