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In Indic thought, the daṇḍa (“staff”) represented the king’s use of violence for the purpose of governance. His right and obligation as daṇḍadhara (“wielder of the staff”) to punish those deemed deserving of punishment under the law defined the king’s role in the legal system. In this sense, daṇḍa represented the legalization of domination, in which state violence was reckoned as just punishment. But the king was not the only one with a recognized right to punish. This chapter explores how daṇḍa was used to articulate and legitimize relations of domination within the legal imagination of Dharmaśāstra. It asks, in particular, who is conferred the right to punish and how much?
Title: Punishment
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In Indic thought, the daṇḍa (“staff”) represented the king’s use of violence for the purpose of governance.
His right and obligation as daṇḍadhara (“wielder of the staff”) to punish those deemed deserving of punishment under the law defined the king’s role in the legal system.
In this sense, daṇḍa represented the legalization of domination, in which state violence was reckoned as just punishment.
But the king was not the only one with a recognized right to punish.
This chapter explores how daṇḍa was used to articulate and legitimize relations of domination within the legal imagination of Dharmaśāstra.
It asks, in particular, who is conferred the right to punish and how much?.
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