[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c20.173 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.173 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.173 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.173) (10) Even threatening a brāhmaṇa with assault, or striking him or drawing blood from his body drew the severest condemnation from very ancient times. The Tai.³⁴⁶ S. (II. 6. 10. 1-2) contains these words 'He who threatens a brāhmaṇa should be fined a hundred, he who strikes a brāhmaṇa should be fined a thousand, he who draws blood would not reach (or find) the abode of pitṛs for as many years as the dust particles that may be made into a paste by the quantity of blood drawn. Therefore one should not threaten a brāhmaṇa with assault, nor strike him nor draw his blood'. Gaut. (22. 20-22) has a similar³⁴⁷ dictum, viz. that threatening a brāhmaṇa with assault in wrath prevents entry into heaven for a hundred years (or leads to hell for a hundred years) &c. Jaimini III. 4. 17 considers the question whether the passage in the Tai. S. is kvatvartha or puruṣārtha. - [Previous: v2.c20.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.172) - [Next: v2.c20.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.174) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) ## Cites (3) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.3.4.17) — Jaimini, Sanskrit - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.2.6.10.1) — Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.22.20) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.173) · Pramāṇa