[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896) › c8.207 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.207 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.207 - **Language:** English ### [c8.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.207) ¹ In the Sanskrit literature we find not infrequently that a king is beseiged by fasting Brahmans and from Rājatar. 6, 14 we know that the king had a special officer whose duty it was to look after these Brahmans on hunger strike. Tr. - [Previous: c8.206](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.206) - [Next: c8.208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.208) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Rājataraṅgiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini) — Kalhaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.207) · Pramāṇa