Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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GAUTAMA.
XII, 10.
10. A Vaisya (who abuses a Brâhmana, shall pay) one and a half (times as much as a Kshatriya).
II. But a Brâhmana (who abuses) a Kshatriya (shall pay) fifty (Kârshâpanas),
12. One half of that (amount if he abuses) a Vaisya,
13. (And if he abuses) a Sûdra, nothing.
14. A Kshatriya and a Vaisya (who abuse one another shall pay the same fines) as a Brâhmana and a Kshatriya.
15. (The value of) property which a Sûdra unrighteously acquires by theft, must be repaid eightfold.
16. For each of the other castes (the fines must be) doubled.
17. If a learned man offends, the punishment shall be very much increased.
18. If fruits, green corn, and vegetables are appropriated in small amounts, (the fine is) five Krishnalas (of copper).
10. Manu VIII, 267.
11. Manu VIII, 268.
12. Manu VIII, 268. 13. Manu VIII, 268. Haradatta adds that, as a Brahmana is declared to pay nothing for abusing a Sûdra, a Kshatriya and a Vaisya are liable to be fined for that offence, and that according to Usanas a Kshatriya shall pay twenty-four Panas, and a Vaisya thirty-six.
14. I. e. a Vaisya shall pay one hundred Panas for abusing a Kshatriya, and a Kshatriya fifty for abusing a Vaisya.
15. Manu VIII, 337.
16. Manu VIII, 337-338. I. e. a Vaisya is to pay sixteen times the value of the stolen property, a Kshatriya thirty-two times, and a Brâhmana sixty-four times.
17. Manu VIII, 338.
18. Manu VIII, 330. Krishnala is another name for Raktikâ,
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