Sāhasa
“crime of violence”
idea · 4 works · 5 mentions · 8 anchored passages
sāhasa · crime of violence · first amercement · highest amercement · middle amercement · sāhasam · sāhasam (साहसम्) · sāhaseṣu · violence · violent crime
spoken of as
3 expressionsCrimes of Violence“Sāhasa”1 mention
Nāradasmṛti (Sanskrit)
the first, the middle, and the highest;
in the texts
Nāradasmṛti
The legal category of violent crime (as opposed to theft by deceit), classified by severity and object value with corresponding punishments
They call a crime of violence (`sāhasam` (साहसम्)) an act of aggression, but theft is by deceit.
This threefold punishment for crimes of violence (`sāhaseṣu` (साहसेषु)) was declared by the Self-existent One.
By the transgression of low, medium, and high-value objects, they call these the three crimes of violence (`sāhasam` (साहसम्));
Kātyāyana Smṛti
Legal category of forcible crime, encompassing theft with force, justified killing of aggressors (ātatāyin), and property destruction.
## Violent Crime
The one who commits the killing shall receive a torturous death.
Theft with accomplices and forcible seizure are also violent crime;
Viṣṇu Smṛti
The three-tier system of monetary fines (first, middle, and highest amercement) used throughout the penal code.
Or three *kārṣāpaṇas*.
Animals, the first amercement.
With a stone, the middle amercement.
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
The legal doctrine of sāhasa, defined as forceful seizure of property and punished with doubled or quadrupled fines.
Violence and Robbery (sāhasaprakaraṇam)
The forceful seizure of common property is known as `*sāhasa*` (violence);