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APPENDIX C.
APPENDIX c.
TRANSLATION OP A MODERN VERSION OF THE S1JRIA ALEM.
West> named M Suria Alem, who
H H B O K the establishment of divine justice, frame a code of
afterwLds d t ^ r ? M M H H I ■ afterwards d gested and reduced to the number M S J j S i Naincdi efso,r ty".bfoi<u*r ; bw™erge * 9
1H S T a"? e/ Pkined t0 1 the pe0ple 0f the C0untries under 1 authority,
^ r e v S S6;a nShte°USneSS ^ ^ ignorance and wickedness befo£
.nfZeTef0118 were 8 firmiy , y respect of, persons, not excepting the relations and kindred of Sang Prabu
himself; so that, if the left hand offended, satisfaction was demanded by the rfght and
▼ice Versa,- fof'such is the law o£ God. f' "y S ’ and
: .wZhenh rhei fruadmiceid: 1trhegmu;l aitnifolnuse nced byfeelirigs of either regard for his fwriaesn d^s i or r ahuathtroerd,
-towards his-enemies; neither was he actuated'by any selfish considerations; his sJle
jpbject was the establishment of true justice, founded- on divine p^ncipks. ’
. O f the Duty of the Jdksa.
, In the first-.place, he must possess a* sufficient knowledge of the law, to know how to
made TT , H 9 B B 9 ?fthe parties ought to be
the ners H S I and J hat are P^per subjects for alawsuit, deciding against
theperson who would bring forward any thing of the latter description. If the Jdtea
Us found ignorant of these matters,- he shall have his tongue put out.
!n the second piace, if the Jej6nang'(me fiext in order to the J&ksa) shall, in actin»
for the Ja/csa, prove deficient in a knowledge' of hixduty, he too shall either have hi,
tongue cut out, lose both his ears, or have red-hot pincers applied tdjiis.lips.
o f t ,lh ehMds.P ’ any 1Dcorrect ata^emenfin1 writing shall be punished by the loss
«evvenets!, ttoT bter bfaneris rheVd t!hree c osuenntteryn.ces be | ^ 3 l f effect> the B ought, at On
This punishment, however, may be mitigated by the Raja, who having compassion
on the Jofed, may'recal him after Bhetear’s exile!
Suffer ‘0 pass unpunished such a total dereliction of duty on the
times H i M Statedj diffi<5ulty and-Stress wiU necessarily arise> those