Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of YájnavalkyaYajñavalkya
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Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya
Yajñavalkya
Hindu law
[Footnote 289: Lassen, in his _Indische Alterthumskunde_ (vol. 2, p.
238), speaking of the edicts of king Asoca (B. C. 250), which refer to
_páshaṇḍas_, describes these as a sect who disbelieved alike in
the bráhmiṇical and buddhist tenets. We have, in sloka 70, rendered
the word 'infidels.']
[Footnote 290: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 41, 219, 21, 410, 18.]
[Footnote 291: ibid. sl. 215--218.]
[Footnote 292: The expression is 'servant,' as opposed to, master, or
employer.]
[Footnote 293: _scil._ a merchant, owner of cattle, or landed
proprietor. (_M._)]
[Footnote 294: As, by improvident expenditure. (_M._)]
[Footnote 295: Signifying plurality generally. (_M._)]
[Footnote 296: Colebrooke renders this sloka differently; Dig. B. 3,
ch. 1, sec. 1, §65. We have adhered closely to the text.]
[Footnote 297: _scil._ the keeper.]
[Footnote 298: Infra sl. 267.]
[Footnote 299: But one word is used in the original, which the
Commentator thus explains. The foregoing rules for gamblers and gaming
must be taken to have superseded the rigid prohibition in the Dharma
Śástra of Manu, ch. 9, sl. 220--228.]
[Footnote 300: Manu ch. 8, sl. 274, where the offence is much more
leniently dealt with.]
[Footnote 301: The intent of these insulting allusions is obvious.]
[Footnote 302: What we have rendered 'cast' is expressed by two words
in the original, _varṇa_ and _játi._ The first is defined by the
Commentator--the four casts; the second--the mixed classes or casts.]
[Footnote 303: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 267, 8, 9, 70, 276, 7.]
[Footnote 304: The Commentator instances the buttocks.]
[Footnote 305: such as tears, nails, hair, wax of the ear, &c. (_M._)]
[Footnote 306: So explained by the Commentator.]
[Footnote 307: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 279, 80.]
[Footnote 308: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 284.]
[Footnote 309: The Commentator instances the tongue.]
[Footnote 310: Manu ch. 8, sl. 284, 286-7.]
[Footnote 311: _i. e._ each wrong doer pays the double fine. (_M._)]
[Footnote 312: Manu ch. 8, sl. 287.]
[Footnote 313: or any other insensitive part, _śákhá._]
[Footnote 314: Manu ch. 8, sl. 297-8.]
[Footnote 315: root as well as trunk. (_M._)]
[Footnote 316: _scil._ the mango. (_M._)]
[Footnote 317: _scil._ 20, 40, 80. (_M._)]
[Footnote 318: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 285.]
[Footnote 319: This word is commonly used to signify any violent
aggression upon person or property, and is defined here by the
Commentator to be, the forcibly taking away of properly either public
or private. Manu, ch. 8, sl. 332.]
[Footnote 320: _e.g._ an _áchárya_. (_M._) Supra note[155] in fin. The
injunction evidently has reference to one whose office or character
entitles him to the respect and obedience of those about him, pupils
or disciples.]
[Footnote 321: This may be 'his brother or his wife.']
[Footnote 322: The Commentator does not explain this description.]
[Footnote 323: _scil._ those of the same village or country. (_M._)]
[Footnote 324: _i. e._ when not authorised by the 'Śástras. Supra
sl. 127.]
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