Arthashastra

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निष्कीर्ण मूत्र पुरीषं वात पूर्ण कोष्ठ त्वक्कं शून पाद पाणिमान् मीलित अक्षं सव्यञ्जन कण्ठं पीटन निरुद्ध उच्छ्वास हतं विद्यात् ॥

Any person whose corpse is tainted with mucus and urine, with organs inflated with wind, with hands and legs swollen, with eyes open, and with neck marked with ligatures may be regarded as having been killed by suffocation and suppression of breathing.

english translation

niSkIrNa mUtra purISaM vAta pUrNa koSTha tvakkaM zUna pAda pANimAn mIlita akSaM savyaJjana kaNThaM pITana niruddha ucchvAsa hataM vidyAt ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript