[INDOLOGY] capital punishment

[Olivelle, J P]

In the Dharmaśāstras, “straw-fire” is generally referred to as kaṭāgni, and it is used as a means of execution:

See Manu 8.377; Yājñavalkya 2.282; Baudhāyana 2.2.3.52; 




> On Oct 7, 2016, at 11:15 PM, Ashok Aklujkar <ashok.aklujkar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Making the  Śaṅkara/Śāṅkara-vijayas/digvijaya references precise:
> 
> See Vidyāraṇya’s / Mādhava’s Śāṅkara-digvijaya, sarga 7, verses 75, 77, 78, and 105. 
> 
> Also, Ānanda-giri’s Śaṅkara-vijaya, 55th chapter, prose passage p. 236 of the Bibliotheca Indica edition, where karīṣa takes the place of tuṣa (both produce slow-burning fire). 
> 
> a.a.
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