[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.c63.52 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.52 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.52 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.52) \*Saṇaṇa\* and \*apaṇa\*—where both parties to the litigation or one of the parties stakes (either through pride or anger or belief in the truth of his case) a certain sum of money to be paid by him in case of his defeat, that is called \*saṇaṇa\* law-suit (Yāj. II. 18); in this case the defeated party will pay to the king the usual fine for a defeated party and also the sum staked by him and will deliver to the successful party what is due to him. Vide also Viṣṇudharmottara III. 324. 44. A lawsuit may also be \*apaṇa\* (without a stake being declared). Nār. (I. 4) employs the words \*sottara\* and \*anuttara\* for these two. - [Previous: v4.c63.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.51) - [Next: v4.c63.53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.53.1) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) ## Cites (3) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.52) · Pramāṇa