[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.c63.474 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.474 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.474 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.474) ⁶²³ न ह्येवंविधं वशोपनयनमस्ति भूतानां यथा दण्ड इत्याचार्याः । नेति कौटिल्यः ! तीक्ष्णदण्डो हि भूतानामुद्वेजनीयः । मृदुदण्डः परिभूयते । यथार्हदण्डः पूज्यः । सुविज्ञातप्रणीतो हि दण्डः प्रजा धर्मार्थकामैर्योजयति । अर्थशास्त्र I. 4. Vide Manu VII. 103 (= Śānti 140. 8) which appears to be of the same opinion as the ācāryas. - [Previous: v4.c63.473](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.473) - [Next: v4.c63.475](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.475) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) ## Cites (3) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.140.8) — Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.1.4) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.103) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.474](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.474) · Pramāṇa