History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.635

v5.c75.635

Murder of brāhmaṇa regarded as gravest of sins in early Vedic times 10, of *bhrūṇa*, worse than even murder of brāhmaṇa 11, of kṣatriya amounted to brāhmaṇa murder in certain cases 18, one may be guilty of, in five ways 17, of women placed on same footing as murder of kṣatriya, vaiśya or śūdra males, except in the cases of an Ātreyī or a pregnant woman etc 96; terrible secret expiation prescribed by Gautama for brāhmaṇa m 126