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VISHNU.
V, 49.
49. A seller of forbidden meat (such as pork, shall be punished in the same way).
50. He who kills domestic animals, shall pay a hundred Kârshậpanas.
51. He shall make good their value to the owner of those animals.
52. He who kills wild animals, shall pay five hundred Kârshậpanas.
53. A killer of birds, or of fish, (shall pay) ten Kârshậpanas.
54. A killer of insects shall pay one Kârshậpana.
55. A feller of trees yielding fruit (shall pay) the highest amercement.
56. A feller of trees yielding blossoms only (shall pay) the second amercement.
57. He who cuts creepers, shrubs, or climbing plants (shall pay) a hundred Kârshâpanas.
58. He who cuts grass (shall pay) one Kârshâpana.
59. And all such offenders (shall make good) to the owners (of the trees or plants cut down by them) the revenue which they yield.
60. If any man raises his hand (against his equal in caste, with intent to strike him, he shall pay) ten Kârshậpanas;
61. If he raises his foot, twenty;
62. If he raises a piece of wood, the first amercement;
63. If he raises a stone, the second amercement;
64. If he raises a weapon, the highest amercement.
65. If he seizes him by his feet, by his hair, by
53. Nand. infers from a passage of Kâtyâyana that the particle ka is used here in order to include serpents.
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