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VJII, 282.
ASSAULT AND HURT.
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Kshatriya a fine must be imposed by a discerning (king), on the Brâhmana the lowest amercement, but on the Kshatriya the middlemost.
277. A Vaisya and a Sudra must be punished exactly in the same manner according to their respective castes, but the tongue (of the Sadra) shall not be cut out; that is the decision.
278. Thus the rules for punishments (applicable to cases) of defamation have been truly declared; I will next propound the decision (of cases) of assault.
279. With whatever limb a man of a low caste does hurt to (a man of the three) highest (castes), even that limb shall be cut off; that is the teaching of Manu.
280. He who raises his hand or a stick, shall have his hand cut off; he who in anger kicks with his foot, shall have his foot cut off.
281. A low-caste man who tries to place himself on the same seat with a man of a high caste, shall be branded on his hip and be banished, or (the king) shall cause his buttock to be gashed.
282. If out of arrogance he spits (on a superior), the king shall cause both his lips to be cut off; if · he urines (on him), the penis; if he breaks wind
(against him), the anus.
277. I.e. if a Sudra defames a Vaisya his tongue is not cut out, but he pays the middlemost amercement.
279-280. Vi. V, 19; Yågñ. II, 215.
280. Praharet, kicks,'i.e. "lifts his foot in order to kick' (Medh., Når., Nand.).
281. Ap. II, 27, 15; Gaut. XII, 7; Vi. V, 20. According to Medh... Gov., Kull., the rule refers to a Bråhmana according to Rágh., to the latter and an Aryan ; according to Nâr., to a Kshatriya, Vaisya, or Sudra offending against a Brâhmana.
282. Vi. V, 21-22.
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