Sutra 15
Devanagari script
मानुषमांसविक्रये वधः ॥ कZ_०४.१०.१५ ॥
Transliteration
mānuṣamāṃsavikraye vadhaḥ
Translation
For selling human flesh, the penalty is death.
Word by Word
मानुषमांसविक्रयेin the sale/trade of human flesh
मानुषमांसविक्रये:
TypeNoun
Rootविक्रि (वि+क्री)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी (विक्रय-शब्दः; विक्रये); समासपद
वधःexecution; the penalty of death
वधः:
TypeNoun
Rootवध
Formपुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा
Entities Mentioned
S
seller (implicit)H
human victims (implicit)FAQs
Acts seen as fundamentally corrosive to social order and human security are removed from the scale of fines and met with categorical capital punishment.