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    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 expressions

    Crimes of Violence“Sāhasa”1 mention

    Nāradasmṛti (Sanskrit)

    Whatever act is done with force by those puffed up with strength and arrogance, that is called a crime of violence (`sāhasam` (साहसम्));
    chapter 1

    Violent crime“sāhasa”1 mention

    Kātyāyana Smṛti (Sanskrit)

    An act that is done with force (*sahasā*) is declared to be a violent crime (*sāhasa*).
    chapter 67

    amercement scale“sāhasa”1 mention

    Viṣṇu Smṛti (Sanskrit)

    Two hundred and fifty *paṇas* is known as the first amercement (*sāhasa*);
    chapter 4

    in the texts

    NāradasmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    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.
    chapter 1
    This threefold punishment for crimes of violence (`sāhaseṣu` (साहसेषु)) was declared by the Self-existent One.
    chapter 1
    By the transgression of low, medium, and high-value objects, they call these the three crimes of violence (`sāhasam` (साहसम्));
    chapter 1

    Kātyāyana SmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    Legal category of forcible crime, encompassing theft with force, justified killing of aggressors (ātatāyin), and property destruction.

    An act that is done with force (*sahasā*) is declared to be a violent crime (*sāhasa*).
    chapter 67
    An act which is committed without any tell-tale signs, known as violent crime, should be cleared by oaths;
    chapter 67
    one who violates another's wife, and one who is intent on finding a weakness—one should know these and the like to be all felonious aggressors (*ātatāyins*).
    chapter 67

    Viṣṇu SmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    The three-tier system of monetary fines (first, middle, and highest amercement) used throughout the penal code.

    Two hundred and fifty *paṇas* is known as the first amercement (*sāhasa*);
    chapter 4
    A cutter of a fruit-bearing tree shall be fined the highest amercement.
    chapter 5
    One who calls a faultless maiden faulty shall be fined the highest amercement.
    chapter 5

    Yājñavalkya SmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    The legal doctrine of sāhasa, defined as forceful seizure of property and punished with doubled or quadrupled fines.

    The forceful seizure of common property is known as `*sāhasa*` (violence);
    chapter 2
    Violence and Robbery (sāhasaprakaraṇam)
    chapter 2