परं पाप कर्मणां नव वेत्र लताः, द्वादश कशाः, द्वाव् ऊरु वेष्टौ, विंशतिर् नक्त माल लताः, द्वात्रिंशत् तलाः, द्वौ वृश्चिक बन्धौ, उल्लंबने च द्वे, सूची हस्तस्य, यवागू पीतस्य एक पर्व दहनम् अङ्गुल्याः, स्नेह पीतस्य प्रतापनम् एकम् अहः, शिशिर रात्रौ बल्बज अग्र शय्या च ॥
As to persons who have committed grave offences, the form of torture will be nine kinds of blows with a cane:--12 beats on each of the thighs; 28 beats with a stick of the tree (naktamála); 32 beats on each palm of the hands and on each sole of the feet; two on the knuckles, the hands being joined so as to appear like a scorpion; two kinds of suspensions, face downwards (ullambane chale); burning one of the joints of a finger after the accused has been made to drink rice gruel; heating his body for a day after be has been made to drink oil; causing him to lie on coarse green grass for a night in winter.
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