History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.484

v4.c63.484

⁶³¹ वधाहते ब्राह्मणस्य न वधं ब्राह्मणोर्हति । शिरसो मुण्डनं दण्डस्तस्य निर्वासनं पुरात् । ललाटे चाभिशस्ताङ्कः प्रयाणं गर्दभेन च ॥ नारद (साहस 9-10). In these days of fasts as part of the technique of *satyāgraha* for redress of grievances or for justice pursued by Mahātmā Gāndhi and some of his ardent followers it is interesting to note that the widow of the murdered brāhmaṇa referred to on p. 397 had been undergoing voluntary starvation (prāyopaveśa) for four days for securing punishment of her husband's murderer (who she believed was a wizard) and that the king himself being unable to prove the guilt of the accused began to starve himself and found proof by supernatural means (Rājataraṅgiṇī IV. 82-105).