[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.c29.46 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.46 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.46 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.46) Even for the most serious offence of adultery with a man of a low caste Yāj. II. 286 prescribes for the woman the punishment of cutting the ear &c. Similarly Vṛddha-Hārīta VII. 192 prescribes the cutting of the nose, ear and lip for attempt to murder the husband or her foetus. Vide Yāj. II. 278-279 for the sentence of death in the case of women for certain offences. - [Previous: v2.c29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.45) - [Next: v2.c29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.47) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29) ## Cites (2) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.286) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Vṛddha Hārīta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha.vrddhasmrti.vrddhaharita) — Hārīta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.46) · Pramāṇa