[INDOLOGY] molten lead in ears

Thu Nov 21 11:21:23 UTC 2013

It should be somewhere in the Manusmṛti, according to the inexact 
references which I keep coming across.

Robert Zydenbos

patrick mccartney wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Could someone please point me towards the reference where Śudras would
> have molten lead or some other substance poured into their ears as
> punishment for having heard the recitation of Sanskrit mantras.
>
> I'm wondering also what punishment would be dispensed to someone
> uttering Sanskrit verses or perhaps speaking Sanskrit.

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