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NARADA.
XV, XVI 5.
with ashes or other (impure substances), is termed
Assault.
* 5. There are three species of that also, as it
may be either light, or of a middling sort, or heavy,
according as it consists in the raising (of a hand
or weapon for the purpose of striking a blow), or in
an unexpected attack, or in striking a wound.
* 6. Stealing- articles of small, middling, or su-
o ’o’
perior value, is called the three kinds of Sahasa ;
there the thorny weeds (sinners) should be extirpated.
* 7. In both kinds (of insult) five cases are dis-
tinguished, when the respective innocence or guilt
of the two parties has to be established.
* 8. When two parties have been guilty of insult,
and both have commenced to quarrel at the same
time, they shall suffer the same punishment, in case
that no difference (in their respective culpability)
becomes apparent.
* 9. He who is the first to offer an insult is
decidedly criminal; he who returns the insult is
likewise culpable; but the one who began shall
suffer the heavier punishment (of the two).
6. The above translation of this paragraph follows the reading of
the MSS. If that reading be correct, this paragraph contains a rule
relating to the subject of theft or Sahasa. The quotations have a
different reading, under which this paragraph has to be closely
connected with the preceding one, and has to be referred equally to
the three degrees of assault.
7. The Nepalese MS. and the commentaries insert the following
paragraph here : * 1 When an insult has occurred between two men
engaged in a violent quarrel, he who suffers the insult patiently is
struck, but the offender is punishable.’
8-10. The one who has first commenced a quarrel shall receive
the heavier punishment of the two. That man is liable to punishment
who persists in hostility. When it is impossible to ascertain any
NARADA.
XV, XVI 5.
with ashes or other (impure substances), is termed
Assault.
* 5. There are three species of that also, as it
may be either light, or of a middling sort, or heavy,
according as it consists in the raising (of a hand
or weapon for the purpose of striking a blow), or in
an unexpected attack, or in striking a wound.
* 6. Stealing- articles of small, middling, or su-
o ’o’
perior value, is called the three kinds of Sahasa ;
there the thorny weeds (sinners) should be extirpated.
* 7. In both kinds (of insult) five cases are dis-
tinguished, when the respective innocence or guilt
of the two parties has to be established.
* 8. When two parties have been guilty of insult,
and both have commenced to quarrel at the same
time, they shall suffer the same punishment, in case
that no difference (in their respective culpability)
becomes apparent.
* 9. He who is the first to offer an insult is
decidedly criminal; he who returns the insult is
likewise culpable; but the one who began shall
suffer the heavier punishment (of the two).
6. The above translation of this paragraph follows the reading of
the MSS. If that reading be correct, this paragraph contains a rule
relating to the subject of theft or Sahasa. The quotations have a
different reading, under which this paragraph has to be closely
connected with the preceding one, and has to be referred equally to
the three degrees of assault.
7. The Nepalese MS. and the commentaries insert the following
paragraph here : * 1 When an insult has occurred between two men
engaged in a violent quarrel, he who suffers the insult patiently is
struck, but the offender is punishable.’
8-10. The one who has first commenced a quarrel shall receive
the heavier punishment of the two. That man is liable to punishment
who persists in hostility. When it is impossible to ascertain any