[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Administrative Institutions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929) › c10.s3.32 # Hindu Administrative Institutions c10.s3.32 Hindu Administrative Institutions c10.s3.32 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s3.32) The term \*sāhasa\* means the seizure of property or persons openly and violently.³ The punishment depended on the value of the articles taken. The term \*vākpāruṣyam\* includes defamation (\*apavāda\*), insult (\*kutsana\*), and threat (\*abhibhartsana\*).⁴ There are different scales of penalty for all these. \*Daṇḍapāruṣya\* or assault is touching, striking, or hurting wilfully or otherwise.¹ Various restrictions were placed on gambling. Gamblers were to take licenses, pay rents, and use the dice approved of by the state-superintendent. Otherwise they were punished heavily.² - [Previous: c10.s3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s3.31) - [Next: c10.s3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s3.33) - [Up: c10.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.dikshitar-1929.c10.s3.32) · Pramāṇa