[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) › v4.c63.296 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.296 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.296 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.296) ⁵⁰³ साक्षिदोषाः प्रयोक्तव्याः संसदि प्रतिवादिना । पत्रेऽभिलेख्या तान् सर्वान् वाच्याः प्रत्युत्तरं तु ते ॥ प्रतिपत्तौ न साक्षित्वमर्हन्ति तु कदाचन । अतोऽन्यथा भावनीयाः क्रियया प्रतिवादिना ॥ अन्यैस्तु साक्षिभिः साध्ये दूषणे पूर्वसाक्षिणाम् । अनवस्था भवेद्दोषस्तेषामप्यन्यसम्भवात् ॥ व्यास q. by स्मृतिच. II. p. 83, व्य. म. p. 38 (first two). The first two are ascribed to कात्या. by परा. मा. III. p. 106 and व्यव. नि. pp 112-113. The मिता० on या. II. 73 has the following lucid note 'प्रतिवादिना साक्षिदूषणे दत्ते प्रत्यक्षयोग्यदूषणेषु बालत्वाद्विषु तथैव निर्णयः । अयोग्येषु तु तद्वचनाल्लो-कतश्च निर्णयो न साक्ष्यन्तरेणेति नानवस्था । यदि साक्षिदोषमुद्भाव्य साधयितुं न शक्नोति प्रतिवादी तदासौ सारानुसारेण दण्ड्यः । अथ साधयति तदा न साक्षिणः ।'. Compare sections 148 and 153 of the Indian Evidence Act about cross examination to shake the credit of a witness. - [Previous: v4.c63.295](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.295) - [Next: v4.c63.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.297) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) ## Cites (3) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.73) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit - [Vyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa-works.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.296](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.296) · Pramāṇa