Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.762

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c7.762

¹ Yet the exposure of Jīvaka who lived to be the personal physician of Buddha (see Mahāvagga VIII, 1, 4) proves that exposure of children was not unknown in ancient India. Also Kaut. XIII, 5 refers to this practice. Tr.

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Mahāvagga — Pāli
Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit