Verbal assault
“vākpāruṣya”
idea · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
verbal assault · vākpāruṣya · defamation · insult
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Kātyāyana Smṛti
A named legal category of speech offense, classified as harsh, abusive, or grave, with associated fines and procedures.
## Verbal Assault
One should convict a man guilty of verbal abuse with great care and investigation.
A snort of contempt, a cough, and whatever is censured in the world, to imitate or repeat it, is called verbal assault (*vākpāruṣya*).
Manusmṛti
The legal category covering insults, defamation, and abusive speech, with punishments scaled by the caste of offender and victim.
hereafter I will declare the determination of verbal assault.
A Kṣatriya who insults a Brāhmaṇa deserves a fine of one hundred;
This rule of punishment for verbal assault has been declared in truth;
Nāradasmṛti
The legal category covering abusive or insulting speech, graded by severity
Verbal Assault
harsh, obscene, and severe.
Harsh language is known as reproachful;