Words of Defamation in Sanskrit Legal Language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3958656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Washburn Hopkins (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1925 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Pages | 39 |
| Publication date | 1925-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/593462 |
| OpenAlex | W2329278653 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
GREEK AND GOTHIC WORDS show that Vedic and legal mid, nind, 'revile,' was an Indo-European word and probably indicate a fairly ancient custom.' Some of the oldest pre-legal rules have to do with defamatory expressions. Compare AV. 4, 36, 1, y6 no durasydd dipsdc ca, ' whoso shall abuse or seek to harm us'; TS. 2, 6, 10, 2, brahmataya na 'pagureta na ni hanyat, 'one should not abuse nor injure a Brahmnan'; and the rules against 'rough,' parulsa, language incorporated into the codes from the SAmavidhana Brahmana, or some similar collection (SVB. 1, 5, 6, 9; M. 11, 204; Ydj. 3, 292, the penance for grunting at or saying 'thou' to a priest). A word may thus be defamatory because, though innocent in itself, it is misapplied. Also a word legitimately describing a person, is in law, if maliciously employed, a slanderous defamation
Linguistics · Political science · Sanskrit · Freedom of Expression and Defamation · History · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |