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185 Noses, ears and other parts of the body were cut off as punishment for particular offenses (see *Arthaśāstra* 4.10 and 13). See on this subject: M.T. Gnudi and J.P. Webster (1976): 308–309; E. Thurston (1975): 386–388. One of the Jātakas (Nr. 126: *Asilakkhanajātaka*) tells about the reconstruction of an accidentally slit nose.