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XV, XVI, 15.
ABUSE AND ASSAULT.
209
*10. When both parties are implicated equally,
he of the two shall receive punishment who follows
up his attack, whether he was (originally) the
aggressor or the defendant.
00
*11. If a Nvapaka, Meda, AaWala, cripple, one
who gains his substance by killing (animals), an
elephant-driver, one deprived of his caste for non-
performance of the ceremony of initiation, a slave,
or one who treats a Guru or spiritual teacher with
disregard,
* 12. Should offend a superior, he shall be punished
by whipping him on the spot. Nor do the sages
regard bodily injury done to a man of this stamp
as (an offence equal to) theft.
*13. Should any such low person, abhorred by
men, insult another man (his superior), that man
himself shall punish him. The king has nothing to
do with the penalty (to be inflicted on him).
*14. For these people are the refuse of human
society, and their property is (likewise) impure. The
king also is at liberty to whip them, but he must not
amerce them with a fine.
15. A Kshatriya who reviles a Brahman must
difference in the culpability of the two parties, their punishment shall
be equal. Viramitrodaya, p. 472. Read purvam.
11. Xvapaka, literally ‘ dog-cooking,’ is the name of a particular
degraded tribe, whose only office is to act as public executioners.
Meda is the name of another mixed caste. WaWalas are the
lowest caste of all, see XII, 113. The Nepalese MS. and the
commentaries read shazz<f/za, ‘ a eunuch,’ instead of Meda.
12-14. When a Xvapaka or the like should have insulted an
Arya or member of the three higher castes, honourable men shall
be entitled to punish them in person. When the (honourable men)
are unable to do so, the king shall punish them; but he must not
confiscate their property. Viramitrodaya, p. 472.
15-17. Nearly identical with Manu VIII, 267-269.
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ABUSE AND ASSAULT.
209
*10. When both parties are implicated equally,
he of the two shall receive punishment who follows
up his attack, whether he was (originally) the
aggressor or the defendant.
00
*11. If a Nvapaka, Meda, AaWala, cripple, one
who gains his substance by killing (animals), an
elephant-driver, one deprived of his caste for non-
performance of the ceremony of initiation, a slave,
or one who treats a Guru or spiritual teacher with
disregard,
* 12. Should offend a superior, he shall be punished
by whipping him on the spot. Nor do the sages
regard bodily injury done to a man of this stamp
as (an offence equal to) theft.
*13. Should any such low person, abhorred by
men, insult another man (his superior), that man
himself shall punish him. The king has nothing to
do with the penalty (to be inflicted on him).
*14. For these people are the refuse of human
society, and their property is (likewise) impure. The
king also is at liberty to whip them, but he must not
amerce them with a fine.
15. A Kshatriya who reviles a Brahman must
difference in the culpability of the two parties, their punishment shall
be equal. Viramitrodaya, p. 472. Read purvam.
11. Xvapaka, literally ‘ dog-cooking,’ is the name of a particular
degraded tribe, whose only office is to act as public executioners.
Meda is the name of another mixed caste. WaWalas are the
lowest caste of all, see XII, 113. The Nepalese MS. and the
commentaries read shazz<f/za, ‘ a eunuch,’ instead of Meda.
12-14. When a Xvapaka or the like should have insulted an
Arya or member of the three higher castes, honourable men shall
be entitled to punish them in person. When the (honourable men)
are unable to do so, the king shall punish them; but he must not
confiscate their property. Viramitrodaya, p. 472.
15-17. Nearly identical with Manu VIII, 267-269.
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