Manu Smriti - Hindu Online

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8.355. But a man, not before accused, who (thus) speaks with (a woman) for some (reasonable) cause, shall not
incur any guilt, since in him there is no transgression.
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8.356. He who addresses the wife of another man at a Tirtha, outside the village, in a forest, or at the confluence
of rivers, suffer (the punishment for) adulterous acts (samgrahana).
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8.357. Offering presents (to a woman), romping (with her), touching her ornaments and dress, sitting with her
on a bed, all (these acts) are considered adulterous acts (samgrahana).
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8.358. If one touches a woman in a place (which ought) not (to be touched) or allows (oneself to be touched in
such a spot), all (such acts done) with mutual consent are declared (to be) adulterous (samgrahana).
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8.359. A man who is not a Brahmana ought to suffer death for adultery (samgrahana); for the wives of all the
four castes even must always be carefully guarded.
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8.360. Mendicants, bards, men who have performed the initiatory ceremony of a Vedic sacrifice, and artisans
are not prohibited from speaking to married women.
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8.361. Let no man converse with the wives of others after he has been forbidden (to do so); but he who
converses (with them), in spite of a prohibition, shall be fined one suvarna.
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8.362. This rule does not apply to the wives of actors and singers, nor (of) those who live on (the intrigues of)
their own (wives); for such men send their wives (to others) or, concealing themselves, allow them to hold
criminal intercourse.
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8.363. Yet he who secretly converses with such women, or with female slaves kept by one (master), and with
female ascetics, shall be compelled to pay a small fine.
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8.364. He who violates an unwilling maiden shall instantly suffer corporal punishment; but a man who enjoys a
willing maiden shall not suffer corporal punishment, if (his caste be) the same (as hers).