 Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst, and deprived of sight, shall the man who gives false evidence, go with a potsherd to beg food at the door of his enemy.  The History of India - Page 60by Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Maurice - 1806 - 402 pages
...evidence, shall be fast bound under water, in the snaky cords of Varuna, for a hundred years. P. 199. Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst, and deprived of sight, shall the same man go with a potsherd to beg food at the door of his enemy. P. 201. For insulting a Brahmin with... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1824 - 356 pages
...a pilgrimage to the river Ganga, or to the plains of Curu, for thou hast no r;e*d of expiation. — Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst,...impious wretch tumble into hell, who being interrogated in a judicial inquiry, answers one question falsely." In another part of Sir William Jones's works,... | |
 | 1824 - 382 pages
...pilgrimage to the river Gan^a, or to the plains of Curu, for thou hast no need of expiation.—Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst, and deprived...darkness, shall the impious wretch tumble into hell, who bemg interrogated in a judicial inquiry, answers one question falsely." In another part of Sir William... | |
 | Manu (Lawgiver) - 1825 - 490 pages
...pilgrimage to the river Ganga, nor to the plains of GURU, for thou hast no need of expiation. 93. ' " Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst,...with a potsherd to beg food at the door of his enemy. 94. ' " Headlong, in utter darkness, shall the impious wretch tumble into hell, who, being interrogated... | |
 | Manu (Lawgiver) - 1825 - 488 pages
...pilgrimage ' to the river Ganga, nor to the plains of GURU, for ' thou hast no need of expiation. 93. ' " Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and ' thirst,...a potsherd to beg ' food at the door of his enemy. 94. ' " Headlong, in utter darkness, shall the impious ' wretch tumble into hell, who, being interrogated... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1825 - 338 pages
...and be wholly deprived of power to escape torment during a hundred transmigrations," and again : " Headlong in utter darkness shall the impious wretch tumble into hell, who, being interrogated in a judicial inquiry, answers one question falsely." Occasionally we meet with some singular coincidences... | |
 | 1864 - 998 pages
...Service residents), supposing the denunciation in the Institutes of Menu to be carried into effect — ' Headlong in utter darkness shall the impious wretch tumble into hell, who being interrogated on oath, in a court of justice, shall answer one question falsely ! ' There was a termination, however,... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...escape torment during a hundred transmigrations ; let mankind give, therefore, no false testimony. " Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst,...and deprived of sight, shall the man who gives false testimony go, with a potsherd to beg bread at the door of his enemy. Headlong and in utter darkness,... | |
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - 1856 - 526 pages
...punishments decreed, the tone entirely changes. A witness who does not give true evidence must go " naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst, and deprived of sight," to beg his food at his enemy's door. Whilst a witness, who gives an imperfect account of a transaction,... | |
 | John Appleton - 1860 - 298 pages
...to escape torment during a hundred transmigrations; let mankind give, therefore, no false testimony. "Naked and shorn, tormented with hunger and thirst,...and deprived of sight, shall the man who gives false testimony go, with a potsherd to beg bread at the door of his enemy. Headlong and in utter darkness,... | |
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