[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.c28.s2.71 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.s2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c28.s2.71) 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. - [Previous: v2.c28.s2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c28.s2.70) - [Next: v2.c28.s2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c28.s2.72) - [Up: v2.c28.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c28.s2) ## Cites (4) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.371) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.21.10) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.72) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.23.14) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c28.s2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c28.s2.71) · Pramāṇa