Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAW.
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whom way ought to be made, shall be fined twentyfive Kârshậpanas.
92. (The same fine is ordained) for omitting to offer a seat to (a guest or others) to whom it ought to be offered.
93. For neglecting to worship such as have a claim to be worshipped, (the same fine is ordained);
94. Likewise, for neglecting to invite (at a Srâddha) a Brâhmana, one's neighbour;
95. And for offering him no food, after having invited him.
96. He who does not eat, though he has received and accepted an invitation, shall give a gold Måshaka as a fine;
97. And the double amount of food to his host.
98. He who insults a Brâhmana by offering him uneatable food (such as excrements and the like, or forbidden food, such as garlic, must pay) sixteen Suvarnas (as a fine).
99. (If he insults him by offering him) such food as would cause him to be degraded (were he to taste it, he must pay) a hundred Suvarnas.
100. (If he offers him) spirituous liquor, he shall be put to death.
101. If he insults a Kshatriya (in the same way), he shall have to pay half of the above amercement;
102. If he insults a Vaisya, half of that again ; 103. If he insults a Sudra, the first amercement.
104. If one who (being a member of the Kandala or some other low caste) must not be touched, inten
93. Those persons have a claim to be worshipped' who are worthy to receive the Madhuparka or honey-mixture. (Nand.) See M. III, 119, 120; Y. I, 110; Âpast. II, 4, 8, 5-9; Gaut. V, 27; Weber, Ind. Stud. X, 123.
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