Arthashastra

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अतो अन्यतमेन कारणेन हतं हत्वा वा दण्ड भयाद् उद्बद्ध निकृत्त कण्ठं विद्यात् ॥

sanskrit

Death due to any one of the above causes is, sometimes under the fear of punishment, made to appear as having been brought about by voluntary hanging, by causing marks of ligature round the neck.

english translation

ato anyatamena kAraNena hataM hatvA vA daNDa bhayAd udbaddha nikRtta kaNThaM vidyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/arthashastra/kantakazodhana/7/11

अतो अन्यतमेन कारणेन हतं हत्वा वा दण्ड भयाद् उद्बद्ध निकृत्त कण्ठं विद्यात् ॥

sanskrit

Death due to any one of the above causes is, sometimes under the fear of punishment, made to appear as having been brought about by voluntary hanging, by causing marks of ligature round the neck.

english translation

ato anyatamena kAraNena hataM hatvA vA daNDa bhayAd udbaddha nikRtta kaNThaM vidyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript