History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.278

v4.c63.278

⁴⁹⁰ ब्राह्मणस्त्वब्राह्मणवचनादनवरोधोऽनिबद्धश्चेत् । गौ. XIII. 4; विभाव्यो वादिना याहक् सद्दशैरेव भावयेत् । नोत्कृष्टैश्चावकृष्टस्तु साक्षिभिर्भावयेत्सदा ॥ कात्या. q. by व्य. प्र. p. 111, मदनरत्न (which reads नोत्कृष्टं चावकृष्टेस्तु, which seems to mean 'a litigant of a higher caste should not be proved to be what he is alleged to be by the evidence of witnesses of lower castes').