Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Objects

    The Balance

    “Ordeal”

    object · 3 works · 3 mentions · 4 anchored passages

    balance · Balance · Dhata · dhaṭa · the beam · tulā

    spoken of as

    1 expression

    Balance“dhaṭa”2 mentions

    Nāradasmṛti (Sanskrit) · Viṣṇu Smṛti (Sanskrit)

    #### The Ordeal by Balance
    chapter 1

    in the texts

    NāradasmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    A ritual scale, precisely constructed, used to weigh the accused twice to determine guilt; also addressed as a personified witness to truth

    #### The Ordeal by Balance
    chapter 1
    This man, accused in a legal dispute, is being weighed.
    chapter 1
    Having attached two pans to the balance at the firm hooks, (Nar.
    chapter 1

    Viṣṇu SmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    The physical balance/scale used in the balance ordeal, addressed as a quasi-divine instrument of judgment

    You alone, O Balance, know what mortals do not know.
    chapter 10
    Therefore, you must righteously save this man from this doubt.
    chapter 10

    Yājñavalkya SmṛtiAncient · Sanskrit

    A ritual weighing device used as a legal ordeal to determine guilt or innocence, addressed directly in an invocation.

    " Thus he should address the balance.
    chapter 2
    The accused is placed in the balance by those expert in holding it;
    chapter 2
    "O Balance, you are the abode of truth, created of old by the gods.
    chapter 2