- PII
- S0321-03910000392-7-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S10000392-7-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume 76 / Issue 1 (76)
- Pages
- 108-117
- Abstract
The article presents an analysis of Sanskrit legal texts about verbal insult. The author pays special attention to abusive vocabulary of Sanskrit, raising the question of what was considered offensive and indecent in Sanskrit and why obscenity appeared in Vedic literature.
- Keywords
- Vedic rituals, Dharmaśāstra, insults, swearing, obscenity
- Date of publication
- 01.01.2016
- Year of publication
- 2016
- Number of purchasers
- 1
- Views
- 604
RAS History & PhilologyВестник древней истории Vestnik drevney istorii
- ISSN (Print) 0321-0391
- ISSN (Online) 3034-5251
VERBAL ABUSE AND OBSCENITY IN ANCIENT INDIA
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