History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.366

v4.c63.366

⁵⁵⁴ In the Anuśāsanaparva 95. 13-35 it is narrated that each of the seven sages suspected the others of the theft of lotus-fibres and that they cleared themselves by taking oaths. Indra is said to have taken an oath when he was the subject of suspicion in relation to Ahalyā. Vide Best on 'Evidence' (12th ed. of 1922) pp. 42-45 sections 56-59 for the employment of oaths in all ancient societies in courts as well as outside, for the forms and sanctions of oaths and for the arguments urged against their use.