Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1887
Total Pages: 2618
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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1, 56.
DEBTS; PROPERTY.
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declared to be threefold : what has been obtained as alms, by sacrificing, and through (instructing) a pupil.
53. The pure wealth peculiar to a Kshatriya is of three sorts likewise : what has been obtained in the shape of taxes, by fighting, and by means of the fines declared in lawsuits.
54. The pure wealth peculiar to a Vaisya is also declared to be threefold: (what has been acquired) by tillage, by tending cows, and by commerce. For a Sudra it consists of what is given to him by the members of the three higher castes.
55. These are the legitimate modes of acquisition of wealth for all the (four) castes severally. If one caste should take to the occupations of another caste, it is a criminal proceeding, except in extreme cases of distress.
4. Means of Livelihood for a Brahman in
Times of Distress. 56. In times of distress, a Brahman is allowed to gain his substance in the mode prescribed for the caste next to him in rank; or he may gain his substance like a Vaisya. But he must never resort to
55. Here ends the section of the divers kinds of wealth in the law of debt. A.
56. The class next to him in rank,' i.e. the Kshatriya or warrior caste. If he should find himself unable to support his family by the mode of livelihood of his own caste, he may gain his substance like a Kshatriya. At the time of a drought or famine, he may gain his substance like a Vaisya even. 'The lowest caste,' i. e. the Sadra caste. A. Manu X, 81, 82; Vishnu II, 15; Yâgñavalkya III, 35; Gautama VII, 6, 7; Baudhayana II, 4, 16, &c.
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