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VERBAL ABUSE AND OBSCENITY IN ANCIENT INDIA
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S0321-03910000392-7-1
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Published
Authors
Aleksey Vigasin 
ORCID: 0009-0005-2166-795X
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.

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Vedic rituals, Dharmaśāstra, insults, swearing, obscenity
Date of publication
01.01.2016
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