Code of Manu Flashcards
This was the legendary first man and set down the laws describing how people were to live
Manu
Manu set forth laws dealing with what?
dividing hindu society into 4 social classes based on occupation
This refers to laws, duties or obligations in the Hindu Caste System?
dharma
This represents the total of a person’s actions and dictates his fate
karma
In the “Code of Manu” where did man spring from?
Manu’s mouth, arm, thigh, and feet
What part o society did Brahmins represent?
priests
According to the “Code of Manu” which part of the body was pure?
above the navel by the self-existent or mouth
The Brahmins sprang from Manu’s what?
mouth
Because the Brahmins hold the _____ (Hindu scripture) they are by right lords of all this creation
Vedas
Whatever exist in the universe, who is entitled to it?
Brahmins
Which caste has the following duties? teaching, studying and sacrifice.
Brahmins
Which caste has the following duties? Defense of the people.
Kshatriya
Which caste has the following duties? Tending cattle, trade and agriculture.
Vaisya
Which caste has the following duties? Serve all the other castes without grudging or complaining.
Shurdra
This is the Hindu sacred text
Vedas
Crime: assaults with virulent words
Punish: his tongue cut
Crime: insults the name of an upper caste
Punish: red-hot iron rod, ten fingers long shall be thrust in his mouth
Crime: give instruction to the priests in regard to their duty
Punish: boiling hot oil poured into his mouth and ear
Crime: Insults a one-eyed man or lame man
punish: fined at least one ka rsa pana
Crime: slander his mother, father, brother, wife, son or spiritual leader
fined one hundred rupees
Crime: low born man sits next to a high born man
punish: branded at the hip or backside cut off
Crime: strike a high born with a hand or foot
punish: hand or foot cut off
