draconian:

exceedingly harsh; very severe

draconian:

exceedingly harsh; very severe

(Adjective)

Example sentences:

Ramayana: When the citizens of Ayodhya heard that Rama had been told to go to the forest for fourteen years, they considered the order draconian. 

Mahabharata: The demon Bakasura agreed to let the villagers of Ekachakra live in peace if they met his draconian demand to provide him one human being as his weekly delicacy.  

Bhagavad-gita: Only when we try to control our mind do we start realizing how draconian its control is on us.