The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s18.207
The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s18.207
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⁵ For a clear instance of trial by ordeal, see under the account of Jayakêśin III., page 571 below.—The present allusion is probably explained by an article on trial by ordeal, among the Hindûs, in the Asiatic Researches, Vol. I., fifth edition, p. 389, where, in describing the second form of ordeal by poison, it is said—"The hooded snake called nâga is thrown into a deep earthen pot, into which is dropped a ring, a seal, or a coin. This the accused is ordered to take out with his hand; and if the serpent bite him, he is pronounced guilty; if not, innocent."