History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.224
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.224
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The fabrication of royal edicts and private documents was so much condemned by the sentiments of society that Manu IX. 232 and Viṣṇu Dh. S. V. 9–10 prescribe the extreme penalty of death for such offences as in the case of the murder of women, minors and brāhmaṇas. Yāj. II. 295 (= Matsya 227. 202)
Linked texts (4)
- Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- Matsyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit