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Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya

Note 50 — LAW AND JUDICATURE.

W. A. (William Austin) Montriou translation

These are expressed by one word, kalaha: but the Commentator notes its comprehensive character, as we have translated it. See the analogous passage in Manu, ch. 8, sl. 6, where an equally ambiguous word párushya is similarly explained in the text itself. The term rendered "slander" by Sir Wm. Jones is simply, reviling or verbal abuse.

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