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XV, 3.
ORDEALS.
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3. Uttering at the same time the words, ‘I have
not done this,’ with his face turned towards the
deity (in question).
4. He to whom (any calamity) happens within a
fortnight or three weeks (such as an illness, or fire,
or the death of a relative, or a heavy visitation by
the king),
5. Should be known to be guilty; otherwise (if
nothing adverse happens to him), he is freed from
the charge. A just king should honour (with pre-
sents of clothes, ornaments, &c.) one who has
cleared himself from guilt by an ordeal.
XV \
1. Now there are twelve kinds of sons,
2. The first is the son of the body, viz. he who
is begotten (by the husband) himself on his own
lawfully wedded wife.
3. The second is the son begotten on a wife, viz,
one begotten by a kinsman allied by funeral obla-
tions, or 1 by a member of the highest caste, on an
appointed (wife or widow).
XV. 1-29. M. IX, 127, 136, 158-181 ; Y. II, 127-132 ; Gaut.
XXVIII, 18, 19, 32, 33 ; Colebrooke, Dig. V, 4, CLXXXV; V, 4,
CCXXV. — 28-30. Colebrooke, Dig. V, 4, CCXCIX. — 30. M.
IX, 163. — 31. Colebrooke, Dig. V, 3, CXXI. — 32-34. M. IX,
201-203 ; Y. II, 140, 141 ; Gaut. XXVIII, 43, 44.— 32. Apast.
II, 6, 14, 1. — 34-38. Colebrooke, Dig.V, 5, CCCXXVII. —40.
M. IX, 180; Y. II, 132.-—41,42. M. IX, 182, 183.— 44. M.
IX, 138; Colebrooke, Dig.V, 4, CCCIL — 45-47. M. IX, 106,
137, I39- Of Chapters XV and XVII an excellent translation has
been published by Dr. Buhler in the Bombay Digest (1,1 338-343).
I have followed him literally almost throughout.
3. 11 have translated the reading votpadita^, which was no doubt
ORDEALS.
61
3. Uttering at the same time the words, ‘I have
not done this,’ with his face turned towards the
deity (in question).
4. He to whom (any calamity) happens within a
fortnight or three weeks (such as an illness, or fire,
or the death of a relative, or a heavy visitation by
the king),
5. Should be known to be guilty; otherwise (if
nothing adverse happens to him), he is freed from
the charge. A just king should honour (with pre-
sents of clothes, ornaments, &c.) one who has
cleared himself from guilt by an ordeal.
XV \
1. Now there are twelve kinds of sons,
2. The first is the son of the body, viz. he who
is begotten (by the husband) himself on his own
lawfully wedded wife.
3. The second is the son begotten on a wife, viz,
one begotten by a kinsman allied by funeral obla-
tions, or 1 by a member of the highest caste, on an
appointed (wife or widow).
XV. 1-29. M. IX, 127, 136, 158-181 ; Y. II, 127-132 ; Gaut.
XXVIII, 18, 19, 32, 33 ; Colebrooke, Dig. V, 4, CLXXXV; V, 4,
CCXXV. — 28-30. Colebrooke, Dig. V, 4, CCXCIX. — 30. M.
IX, 163. — 31. Colebrooke, Dig. V, 3, CXXI. — 32-34. M. IX,
201-203 ; Y. II, 140, 141 ; Gaut. XXVIII, 43, 44.— 32. Apast.
II, 6, 14, 1. — 34-38. Colebrooke, Dig.V, 5, CCCXXVII. —40.
M. IX, 180; Y. II, 132.-—41,42. M. IX, 182, 183.— 44. M.
IX, 138; Colebrooke, Dig.V, 4, CCCIL — 45-47. M. IX, 106,
137, I39- Of Chapters XV and XVII an excellent translation has
been published by Dr. Buhler in the Bombay Digest (1,1 338-343).
I have followed him literally almost throughout.
3. 11 have translated the reading votpadita^, which was no doubt