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XIV, 9- INHERITANCE J HEINOUS OFFENCES.

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(injuring) fruits, roots, water and the like, or agri-
cultural utensils, is declared to be Sahasa of the
first degree.
* 5. (Injuring) in the same way clothes, cattle,
food, drink, or household utensils, is declared to
be Sahasa of the middlemost degree.
* 6. Taking human life through poison, weapons
or other (means of destruction), indecent assault on
another man’s wife, and whatever other (offences)
encompassing life (may be imagined), is called Sa-
hasa of the highest degree.
* 7. The punishment to be inflicted for it must
be proportionate to the heaviness of the crime, (so
however as) not to be less than a hundred (Pazzas)
for Sahasa of the first degree, whereas for Sahasa
of the middlemost degree the punishment is declared
by persons acquainted with the law to be no less
than five hundred (Pazzas).
* 8. For Sahasa of the highest degree, a fine
amounting to no less than a thousand (Pazzas) is
ordained. (Moreover) corporal punishment, con-
fiscation of the entire property, banishment from the
town and branding, as well as amputation of that
limb (with which the crime has been committed),
is declared to be the punishment for Sahasa of the
highest degree.
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* 9. This gradation of punishments is ordained for
every (caste) indiscriminately, excepting only corporal
punishment in the case of a Brahman. A Brahman
must not be subjected to corporal punishment.

language. 1 Disfiguring,"’ injuring so far only as to leave the form
intact. Viramitrodaya, p. 499.
8, 9. The ambiguous term vadha in these two paragraphs is