[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.c64.384 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.384 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.384 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c64.384](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.384) Adultery 531-535; fine as punishment for, when the adulteress is of same caste or of a lower caste 533; prāyaścitta for, varied at different times 946-47; punishment of cutting the ears or nose of a woman when awarded for, 533; punishment of death for a paramour when awarded 533; punishment of light fine for a. with a female ascetic, 534; some sages prescribe humane treatment of women for 533, 535, 615, 947; was only an \*upapātaka\* except when a woman had intercourse with a man of low caste, 615, 947. - [Previous: v4.c64.383](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.383) - [Next: v4.c64.385](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.385) - [Up: v4.c64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.384](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c64.384) · Pramāṇa