A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Adultery
This page describes Adultery which is located on page 37 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Adultery” according to 49 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi [by Ganganatha Jha]
It has teen asked—“if the extreme penalty is to be inflicted in the ordinary forms of ‘adultery,’ what would it be in the case of real ‘adultery’?” But ‘real adultery’ is not something different. The denotation of the term is not to be fixed by ordinary parlance; hence it cannot be right to argue that the extreme penalty is to be inflicted in a case where there is an act which your august self is pleased to call ‘real adultery.’...
Read full contents: Verse 8.359
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study [by Kalita Nabanita]
He lays down detailed provisions, which form the offence of adultery, or these may be considered as indicators for the commission of adultery....
Read full contents: Chapter 5.22 - Laws Relating to Adultery with Women (strisamgrahana)
Vasistha Dharmasutra [by Georg Bühler]
Krishnapandita states correctly that candrayanottaram, 'succeeded by one, two, or three Candrayanas,' may also mean 'following one, two, or three Candrayanas,' and that the number of Candrayanas to be performed depends on the caste of the person with whom the adultery was committed. Thus a Brahmani must perform one Kricchra and one Candrayana for adultery with a Kshatriya, one Kricchra and two Candrayanas for adultery with a Vaishya, and one Kricchra and three Candrayanas for adultery with a Shudra....
Read full contents: Chapter XXI
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