History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s18.14.3

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rules about prohibited and permissible food and drink; (V) what vegetables and meat are allowed; period of impurity on death and birth; definition of *sapiṇḍa* and *samānodaka*; purification from contact with various substances in various ways; duties of wife and widow; (VI) when one should become a a forest hermit; his mode of life; parivrājaka and his duties; eulogy of *gṛhastha*; (VII) rājadharmas, eulogy of daṇḍa (the power to punish); the four *vidyās* for a king; the ten vices of kings due to *kāma* and eight due to *krodha*; constitution of council of ministers; qualities of a *dūta*; forts and capital; *purohita* and superintendents of various departments; code of war; the four expedients, *sāma*, *dāna*, *bheda*, and *daṇḍa*; hierarchy of officers from the village headman upwards; rules about taxation; the constitution of a circle of twelve kings; the six *guṇas*, peace, a state of war, march against an enemy, āsana, taking shelter and dvaidha; duties of victor; (VIII) king’s duty to look to the administration of justice; the 18 titles of law; the king and judge; other persons as judges; constitution of *sabhā*, king’s duty to look after minors, widows, helpless people; treasure trove; king’s duty to restore stolen wealth; creditor’s means of recovering his debt; grounds on which the claimant may fail in his suit; qualifications of witnesses; who were not proper persons as witnesses; oaths; fines for false witnesses; methods of corporal punishment;