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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XV, XVI, 29.
ABUSE AND ASSAULT.
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22. A once-born man (or Sadra), who insults members of a twice-born caste with gross invectives, shall have his tongue cut out; for he is of low origin.
23. If he refers to their name or caste in terms indicating contempt, an iron rod, ten Angulas long, shall be thrust red-hot into his mouth.
24. If he is insolent enough to give lessons regarding their duty to Brahmans, the king shall order hot oil to be poured into his mouth and ears.
*25. With whatever limb a man of low caste offends against a Brahman, that very limb of his shall be cut off; such shall be the atonement for his crime.
26. A low-born man, who tries to place himself on the same seat with his superior in caste, shall be branded on his hip and banished, or (the king) shall cause his backside to be gashed.
27. If through arrogance he spits (on a superior), the king shall cause both his lips to be cut off; if he makes water (on him), the penis; if he breaks wind (against him), the buttocks.
28. If he pulls (a superior) by the hair, (the king) shall unhesitatingly cause his hands to be cut off, likewise (if he seizes him) by the feet, beard, neck, or scrotum.
29. If a man breaks the skin (of his equal) or
32. He is of low origin,' because the Sadra caste has been produced from Brahman's feet. Identical with Manu VIII, 270.
23. Nearly identical with Manu VIII, 271, 34. Nearly identical with Manu VIII, 272. 25. Nearly identical with Manu VIII, 279.
26, 27. Nearly identical with Manu VIII, 281, 282. In paragraph 27 the Nepalese MS. has the nose' instead of the beard.'
28. Identical with Manu VIII, 283. 39. According to the majority of the commentators of Manu,
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