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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VISIINU.
XXXVI, 2.
of unknown sex, or one come for protection, are crimes equal to the crime of killing a Brâhmana.
2. Giving false evidence and killing a friend : these two crimes are equal to the drinking of spirituous liquor.
3. Appropriating to one's self land belonging to a Brâhmana or a deposit (belonging to a Brâhmana and not consisting of gold) are crimes equal to a theft of gold (belonging to a Brâhmana).
4. Sexual connection with the wife of a paternal uncle, of a maternal grandfather, of a maternal uncle, of a father-in-law, or of the king, are crimes equal to sexual connection with a Guru's wife;
5. And so is sexual intercourse with the father's or mother's sister and with one's own sister;
6. And sexual connection with the wife of a learned Brâhmana, or a priest, or an Upadhyâya, or a friend;
7. And with a sister's female friend (or with one's own female friend), with a woman of one's own race, with a woman belonging to the Brâhmana caste, with a (Brâhmana) maiden (who is not yet betrothed to a man), with a low-caste woman, with a woman in her courses, with a woman come for protection,
other places in accordance with that interpretation which is sanctioned by the majority among the commentators of law works. Nand., on the other hand, gives the preference to the opinion of those who render it by 'a woman descended from or married to a man of the race of Atri.'
2. "The term etau, “these,” is used in order to include the forgetting of Veda texts and other crimes, which are mentioned as equal to drinking spirituous liquor by Manu (XI, 57) and Yâgñavalkya (III, 229).' (Nand.)
5. The particle ka in this Sutra refers to little girls, as ordained by Manu, XI, 59.' (Nand.)
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