[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.c20.176 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.176 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.176 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.176) (11) For certain offences a brāhmaṇa received lesser punishment than members of other classes. For example, Gaut. says³⁴⁸ 'if a kṣatriya reviled a brāhmaṇa the fine was one hundred (kārṣāpaṇas), if a vaiśya did so it was 150; but if a brāhmaṇa reviled a kṣatriya the fine was 50; if he reviled a vaiśya it was only 25, and if a brāhmaṇa reviled a śūdra he was not to be fined.' Vide Manu VIII. 267-268 (but Manu prescribes a fine of twelve for a brāhmaṇa reviling a śūdra) which are the same as Nārada (vākpāruṣya verses 15-16), Yāj. II. 206-207. But in the case of certain crimes the brāhmaṇa was to receive heavier punishment. For example, in the case of theft, if a śūdra thief was fined³⁴⁹ eight, a vaiśya 16 and a kṣatriya 32, a brāhmaṇa was fined 64, 100 or 128. Vide Gaut. 21. 12-14 and Manu VIII. 337-338. - [Previous: v2.c20.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.175) - [Next: v2.c20.177](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.177) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) ## Cites (4) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.267) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.206) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.21.12) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.176](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.176) · Pramāṇa