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NARADA.
XV, XVI, 16.
pay one hundred (Pa^as) as a fine. A Vaiyya (must
pay) one and a half hundred, or two hundred. A
Audra deserves corporal punishment.
16. A Brahman shall be fined fifty (Pa/zas) for
calumniating a Kshatriya; in the case of a Vaisya,
the fine shall be half of fifty (i. e. twenty-five);
in the case of a Audra, (it shall amount to) twelve
(Pa/zas).
17. When a twice-born man offends against a
member of his own caste, (he shall pay) twelve
(Pazzas as a fine). When he utters calumnies which
ought never to be uttered, the fine shall be twice
as high.
18. Even he who in accordance with fact (con-
temptuously) calls another man one-eyed, lame, or
the like (names), shall be fined by the king not less
than one Karshapazza.
19. One must not tax with his offence a man who
has done penance according to law, or who has re-
ceived due punishment from the king. By transgress-
ing this rule one becomes liable to punishment.
20. Two persons, a Brahman and a king, are de-
clared to be exempt from censure and corporal
punishment in this world; for these two sustain the
visible world.
*21. One who calls an outcast an outcast, or a
thief a thief, is equally criminal with those whom he
taxes (with their offence). (If he reproaches them)
without reason, he is twice as guilty as they are.
17. According to the commentators of Mann, the term 1 calumnies
which ought never to be uttered ’ has to be referred to insinuations
against the honour of a man’s mother, sisters, or other female
relatives. See Professor Buhler’s note on Manu VIII, 269.
18. Manu VIII, 274; Ya^navalkya II, 204.
NARADA.
XV, XVI, 16.
pay one hundred (Pa^as) as a fine. A Vaiyya (must
pay) one and a half hundred, or two hundred. A
Audra deserves corporal punishment.
16. A Brahman shall be fined fifty (Pa/zas) for
calumniating a Kshatriya; in the case of a Vaisya,
the fine shall be half of fifty (i. e. twenty-five);
in the case of a Audra, (it shall amount to) twelve
(Pa/zas).
17. When a twice-born man offends against a
member of his own caste, (he shall pay) twelve
(Pazzas as a fine). When he utters calumnies which
ought never to be uttered, the fine shall be twice
as high.
18. Even he who in accordance with fact (con-
temptuously) calls another man one-eyed, lame, or
the like (names), shall be fined by the king not less
than one Karshapazza.
19. One must not tax with his offence a man who
has done penance according to law, or who has re-
ceived due punishment from the king. By transgress-
ing this rule one becomes liable to punishment.
20. Two persons, a Brahman and a king, are de-
clared to be exempt from censure and corporal
punishment in this world; for these two sustain the
visible world.
*21. One who calls an outcast an outcast, or a
thief a thief, is equally criminal with those whom he
taxes (with their offence). (If he reproaches them)
without reason, he is twice as guilty as they are.
17. According to the commentators of Mann, the term 1 calumnies
which ought never to be uttered ’ has to be referred to insinuations
against the honour of a man’s mother, sisters, or other female
relatives. See Professor Buhler’s note on Manu VIII, 269.
18. Manu VIII, 274; Ya^navalkya II, 204.