Matsya Purana 227.166
Matsyapurāṇa 227.166
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227.166
sahoḍhaṃ sopakaraṇaṃ ghātayedavicārayan.
grāmeṣvapi ca ye keciccorāṇāṃ bhakṣyadāyakāḥ .. 227.165 ..
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
Or they might be branded with different marks, and then exiled These who indulge with preceptor's wife should be branded with a mark fine should be 270 Panas and in case of a S’ûdra it should be 135 Panas—203
Translations (1)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
Linked texts (1)
- Matsya — Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — Kane 1930, English