Dharmasastras on #Rape
Death penalty
स्त्रीषु कृतोपभोगः स्यात् प्रसह्य पुरुषो यदा ।
वधे तत्र प्रवर्तेत कार्यातिक्रमणं हि तद्॥ Katyayana Smrti 830
When a man has forcibly had sexual intercourse with a woman, he must be given capital punishment since it is violation of conduct.
Death penalty
स्त्रीषु कृतोपभोगः स्यात् प्रसह्य पुरुषो यदा ।
वधे तत्र प्रवर्तेत कार्यातिक्रमणं हि तद्॥ Katyayana Smrti 830
When a man has forcibly had sexual intercourse with a woman, he must be given capital punishment since it is violation of conduct.
A #rape victim should not be looked down upon.
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा वैरिहस्तगतापि वा ।
न संत्यजेद्दूषितां नारीं ऋतुकालेन शुद्ध्यति॥ Agni Purana 165.6
A woman ravished forcibly or fallen into the hands of an enemy should be abandoned. She becomes pure after the menstrual period.
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा वैरिहस्तगतापि वा ।
न संत्यजेद्दूषितां नारीं ऋतुकालेन शुद्ध्यति॥ Agni Purana 165.6
A woman ravished forcibly or fallen into the hands of an enemy should be abandoned. She becomes pure after the menstrual period.
Women must never be abandoned #rape
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा चोरहस्तगतापि वा।
न त्याज्या दयिता नारी नास्यास्त्यागो विधीयते॥ Skanda Purana 4.40.47
A woman must not be abandoned even if she is raped or falls into the clutches of robbers. Abandoning her is not prescribed (anywhere).
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा चोरहस्तगतापि वा।
न त्याज्या दयिता नारी नास्यास्त्यागो विधीयते॥ Skanda Purana 4.40.47
A woman must not be abandoned even if she is raped or falls into the clutches of robbers. Abandoning her is not prescribed (anywhere).
Abandoning a rape victim is a grave sin
अनृतेऽपि हि सत्ये वा यो नारीं दूषितां त्यजेत्।
अरक्षमाणः स्वां भार्यां नरो भवति भ्रूणहा॥ Mahabharata KE 13.59.19
He who abandons his wife who is a victim of rape, and is incapable of protecting her, becomes equal to a killer of foetus.
अनृतेऽपि हि सत्ये वा यो नारीं दूषितां त्यजेत्।
अरक्षमाणः स्वां भार्यां नरो भवति भ्रूणहा॥ Mahabharata KE 13.59.19
He who abandons his wife who is a victim of rape, and is incapable of protecting her, becomes equal to a killer of foetus.
Woman does not lose purity
स्वयं विप्रतिपन्ना वा यदि वा विप्रवासिता ।
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा चोरहस्तगतापि वा ॥
न त्याज्या दूषिता नारी नास्यास्त्यागो विधीयते ।
पुष्पकालमुपासीत ऋतुकालेन शुध्यति ॥
Vasishtha Dharma Sastra 28.2-3
(contd)
स्वयं विप्रतिपन्ना वा यदि वा विप्रवासिता ।
बलात्कारोपभुक्ता वा चोरहस्तगतापि वा ॥
न त्याज्या दूषिता नारी नास्यास्त्यागो विधीयते ।
पुष्पकालमुपासीत ऋतुकालेन शुध्यति ॥
Vasishtha Dharma Sastra 28.2-3
(contd)
"A woman, taken into captivity by an enemy, or spirited away by thieves, or ravished against her will, must not be abandoned; to forsake her is not prescribed. Let him wait for the time of her courses; by her courses she becomes pure."
(Vasishtha Dharma Sastra 28.2-3)
(Vasishtha Dharma Sastra 28.2-3)
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