Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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8.273. He who through arrogance makes false statements regarding the learning (of a caste-fellow), his country,
his caste (gati), or the rites by which his body was sanctified, shall be compelled to pay a fine of two hundred
(panas).
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8.274. He who even in accordance with the true facts (contemptuously) calls another man one-eyed, lame, or
the like (names), shall be fined at least one karshapana.
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8.275. He who defames his mother, his father, his wife, his brother, his son, or his teacher, and he who gives not
the way to his preceptor, shall be compelled to pay one hundred (panas).
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8.276. (For mutual abuse) by a Brahmana and a Kshatriya a fine must be imposed by a discerning (king), on the
Brahmana the lowest amercement, but on the Kshatriya the middlemost.
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8.277. A Vaisya and a Sudra must be punished exactly in the same manner according to their respective castes,
but the tongue (of the Sudra) shall not be cut out; that is the decision.
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8.278. Thus the rules for punishments (applicable to cases) of defamation have been truly declared; I will next
propound the decision (of cases) of assault.
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8.279. With whatever limb a man of a low caste does hurt to (a man of the three) highest (castes), even that limb
shall be cut off; that is the teaching of Manu.
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8.280. He who raises his hand or a stick, shall have his hand cut off; he who in anger kicks with his foot, shall
have his foot cut off.
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8.281. A low-caste man who tries to place himself on the same seat with a man of a high caste, shall be branded
on his hip and be banished, or (the king) shall cause his buttock to be gashed.
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8.282. If out of arrogance he spits (on a superior), the king shall cause both his lips to be cut off; if he urines (on
him), the penis; if he breaks wind (against him), the anus.