The institutes of Vishnu (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1880)

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XXXVI, 2

of unknown sex, or one come for protection, are
crimes equal to the crime of killing a Brahmazza.
2. Giving false evidence and killing a friend:
these two crimes are equal to the drinking of
spirituous liquor.
3. Appropriating to one’s self land belonging to
a Brahmazza or a deposit (belonging to a Brahmazza
and not consisting of gold) are crimes equal to a
theft of gold (belonging to a Brahmazza).
4. Sexual connection with the wife of a paternal
uncle, of a maternal grandfather, of a maternal
uncle, of a father-in-law, or of the king, are crimes
equal to sexual connection with a Guru’s wife ;
5. And so is sexual intercourse with the father’s
or mother’s sister and with one’s own sister ;
6. And sexual connection with the wife of a
learned Brahmazza, or a priest, or an Upadhyaya,
or a friend ;
7. And with a sister’s female friend (or with one’s
own female friend), with a woman of one’s own race,
with a woman belonging to the Brahmazza caste,
with a (Brahmazza) maiden (who is not yet betrothed
to a man), with a low-caste woman, with a woman
in her courses, with a woman come for protection,
other places in accordance with that interpretation which is
sanctioned by the majority among the commentators of law
works. Nand., on the other hand, gives the preference to the
opinion of those who render it by ‘ a woman descended from or
married to a man of the race of Atri.’
2. ‘The term etau, “these,” is used in order to include the
forgetting of Veda texts and other crimes, which are mentioned as
equal to drinking spirituous liquor by Manu (XI, 57) and Yayiia-
valkya (III, 229).’ (Nand.)
5. ‘ The particle ^a in this Sutra refers to little girls, as ordained
by Manu, XI, 59.’ (Nand.)