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16. Let the king guard the property of men belonging to a non-Brâhmanical caste, the owner of which has disappeared, during a year, and afterwards take it (for himself).
17. A Brâhmana, forsooth, shall not suffer corporal punishment for any offence.
18. In case (a Brâhmana) has slain a Brâhmana, has violated his Guru's bed, has stolen the gold (of a Brâhmana), or has drunk (the spirituous liquor called) Surâ, (the king) shall cause to be impressed with a heated iron the mark of a headless trunk, a female part, a jackal, (or) the sign of a tavern on the forehead of the offender) and banish him / from his realm.
19. If a Kshatriya or (a man of any) other (lower caste) has murdered a Brahmana, death and the confiscation of all his property (shall be his punishment).
20. If those same (persons) slay men of equal or lower castes, (the king) shall fix suitable punishments in accordance with their ability.
PRASNA I, Adhyâya 10, KANDIKÂ 19. 1. For slaying a Kshatriya (the offender) shall
oppressing the traders,' by 'without deducting (anuddhritya) a choice article.
16. Vasishtha XVI, 19-20. As stated above, I, 5, 11, 15, the king must not take the property of a Brahmana.
17. Vishnu V, 2. "Corporal punishment,' i.e. capital punishment, mutilation, &c., except branding. 18. Vishnu V, 3-7.
19. Âpastamba II, 10, 27, 16. 20. Vasishtha XIX, 9. "Those same persons,' i. e. Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, or Sudras.
19. 1. Âpastamba I, 9, 24, 1. Govinda explains vairaniryâta
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |