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History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.1241

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.1241

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¹¹⁶² स्तेनो हिरण्यस्य सुरां पिबंश्च गुरोस्तल्पमावसंस्तद्ब्रह्महा चैते पतन्ति चत्वारः पञ्चमश्चाचरंस्तैरिति । छान्दोग्योप. V. 10. 9; बृह. उप. IV. 3. 22 mentions as great sinners the thief and the भ्रूणहा. Though some later smṛtis employ the word स्तेय, it is always restricted by the commentators (e. g. Mit. on Yāj. III. 227) to the theft of brāhmaṇa's gold. Vide H. of Dh. vol. II. p. 580 for ancient texts asking a person to desert one's father who is *patita* or a regicide &c., but never his mother even though she be *patita*. Vide विष्णुधर्मसूत्र 57. 1–5. 'अथ त्याज्याः । व्रात्याः । पतिताः । त्रिपुरुषं मातुतः पितृतश्चाशुद्धाः । सर्व एवाभोज्यान्नाःप्रतिग्राह्याः । '

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