Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c9.61

c9.61

More serious are the 22 *padāni nrpateḥ* in which likewise the king should directly interfere, namely (1) killing (an animal); (2) destruction of corn; (3) arson; (4) defloration of a maiden; (5) misappropriation of a deposit or treasure; (6) breaking a dike or (7) a hedge of thorn; (8) to let the cattle graze on other people's field; (9) to cut down the trees of a forest; (10) poisoning;