History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c28.s2.71
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c28.s2.71
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¹³⁴⁰ Vide Gaut. 23. 14 and Manu VIII. 371 (both prescribe that a woman should be devoured by dogs if she had intercourse with a male of a lower varṇa), Vas. Dh. S. 21. 1-5. Even this was modified later and only परित्याग was allowed; vide Vas. 21. 10, Yāj. I. 72.
Linked texts (4)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- Gautamadharmasūtra — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit