History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.418

v4.c63.418

*Ordeal of Taṇḍula* (rice grains). It is to be administered in charges of theft or disputes about debts or other monetary matters. On the preceding day grains of rice should be made white (i. e. husked). The judge should perform all the rites on the previous day. The rice grains should be placed in an earthen vessel, exposed to the sun, water of the bath of (the image of) the sun should be poured over them in the vessel and the vessel should be kept in that state the whole night. The next day in the morning the *śodhya* should swallow thrice the rice grains. He should be made to spit on a *pippala* or birch leaf. If blood is found mixed in his saliva he should be declared guilty.