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another person shall give a fine amounting to fifty Panas.
ASSAULT.
14. He who reviles a person's native country or other (belongings of his), shall be fined twelve Panas and a half. He who through arrogance imputes an offence to him, shall be compelled to pay the first fine.
15. This gradation of fines has been declared by me, subject to modification by the sages, in conformity with the (particular caste or qualities of a) man, so as either to remain as declared, or to be reduced or raised.
XXI. ASSAULT.
1. Injuring (a man) with a hand, stone, club, or (throwing at him) ashes, or mud, or dust, or (attacking him with) a weapon, is termed assault.
2. Throwing ashes or the like (at a man), or striking him with a hand or the like, is (termed) an assault of the first degree; the fine to be inflicted in that case shall amount to a Mâsha.
3. This fine is ordained for (an assault on) equals in caste; (for assaults) on another man's wife or on a superior, it shall be twofold or threefold, according to the sages, according to the rank (of the person injured).
4. He who having been abused returns the abuse, or having been beaten returns the blow, or strikes an offender down, commits no wrong.
14, 15. Vîram. p. 488; Ratn. p. 257.
XXI, 1. Ratn. p. 259.
2, 3. Ratn. p. 261; Viv. p. 144.
4. May. p. 139; Vîram. p. 472; Viv. p. 153; Ratn. p. 276.
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