Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.177

c5.177

If an artisan has received money in advance for a particular product and fails to give the thing at the stipulated time the King will fine the artisan one svarṇa. If a man received money in advance on a promise to do a particular work and if he fails to do the work he will be fined one Kṛṣṇala of gold. (One Kṛṣṇala weighs three yavagrains). If a man conceals his diseases and marries a damsel, she will be considered as a spinster and the man will be fined two hundred paṇas. If a cowherd agrees to look after the cows of another receiving pay and food and refuses to return the cow to the owner the King will fine him hundred paṇas. If a Kṣatriya scoffed a Brāhmaṇa the fine imposed would be hundred paṇas. If it is a Vaiśya the fine will be two hundred paṇas. If it is a Śūdra he will be put to death. If a Brahmin scoffs a Kṣatriya the fine is fifty paṇas. If a Śūdra scoffs a Vaiśya the fine is twenty-five paṇas. If a Brahmin scoffs a Śūdra the fine is only twelve paṇas. If a Śūdra scoffs a Kṣatriya his tongue should be cut off. If a Śūdra advises a Brahmin, he may inflict any punishment on the Śūdra. If a Śūdra wronged a Brahmin, the Śūdra might be punished by cutting off the organ which was employed in the crime. If one spat at a Brahmin, the two lips of the culprit might be cut off. If a man passed urine on a Brahmin the culprit would have his penis cut off. If a Śūdra sits on the seats of the upper classes his buttock will have to be cut off. If one slays cow, elephant, camel or horse half of his limbs will have to be cut off. Cutting across a road, changing of boundaries, making the water of pools and ponds impure etc. will have to be punished with a fine of two suvarṇas. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 227).