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[Footnote 346: According to the Commentator this rational liberty of action is not confined to traders; he instances, 'players, dancers, _and the like._']

[Footnote 347: _scil._ for himself, separate from his partnership interest.]

[Footnote 348: The same is given by Manu; although the sovereign would appear not to have had, in those earlier days, so responsible or despotic a control of the market, ch. 8, sl. 398, 402.]

[Footnote 349: _i. e._ too good for a mere subject. The Commentator explains, 'jewels, &c.']

[Footnote 350: ibid. sl. 399.]

[Footnote 351: _scil._ where the property in the goods is disputed. (_M._) Manu, ch. 8, sl. 400.]

[Footnote 352: Land tolls or duties are a twentieth, and are leviable by the king alone. (_M._)]

[Footnote 353: on occasion of _sraddahs_, &c. Manu, ch. 8, sl. 392, where a priest for such an offence is fined a silver _masha_ (supra B. 1 sl. 363)]

[Footnote 354: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 207.]

[Footnote 355: a land-measure, _scil._ 4,000 _hats_ or cubits.]

[Footnote 356: The Commentator explains this term by quoting from Manu--"They who break into houses where a sacred fire is kept up, into arsenals, into temples--" ch. 9, sl. 276, 280.]

[Footnote 357: The subject of theft is supplied by the Commentator.]

[Footnote 358: who abstract money from the person by cutting or opening the apparel. Manu, ch. 9, sl. 277; where the third offence entails capital punishment.]

[Footnote 359: _scil._ trifling--such as, earthen vessels, stools, cots, bones, wood, leather, grass, &c.; medium--such as, apparel (other than silk), cattle (other than cows), metal (other than gold), rice, barley; highest--as, gold, jewels, silks, women, men, cows, elephants, horses, also whatever is appropriated to gods, to brahmans, or to kings. (_M._)]

[Footnote 360: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 126; supra B. 1, sl. 367.]

[Footnote 361: Manu, ch. 9, sl. 278.]

[Footnote 362: thus causing destruction of the crops. Manu, ch. 9, sl. 279.]

[Footnote 363: unless she be pregnant. (_M._)]

[Footnote 364: These compounds might be literally translated, 'woman-fond' 'thing-fond' 'gain-fond.']

[Footnote 365: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 356, 7, 8.]

[Footnote 366: ibid. sl. 361.]

[Footnote 367: ibid. sl. 359, 374.]

[Footnote 368: The Commentator explains--her nose, &c.]

[Footnote 369: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 364.]

[Footnote 370: ibid. sl. 373, 385.]

[Footnote 371: _scil._ a stranger.]

[Footnote 372: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 363.]

[Footnote 373: _scil._ one kept for prostitution. (_M._)]

[Footnote 374: Manu, ch. 9, sl. 232, where this is a capital offence.]

[Footnote 375: The Commentator instances, the nose, ear, and hand. Manu, ch. 9, sl. 292.]

[Footnote 376: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 291, 2.]

[Footnote 377: Literally 'after having taken money.']

[Footnote 378: Receivers of bribes are denounced in Manu, ch. 9, sl. 258.]

[Footnote 379: Supra, no.[131].]

Index

_________________________________________________________________________ | Page. | Sloka. | Note. ___________________________________________________________________________ A. | | | | | | Abduction of virgins, | 76 | 287 | ... | | | Abortion, causing, | 75 | 277 | ... | | | Abusive language, punishment for, | 62 | 210,11 | ... | | | _Achara_, _Introd._ | x | ... | ... | | | _Acharya_, | 29 | ... | 113 | | | Adultery, | 76 | 283-86 | ... | | | Age, when, in Sudras, to be honored, | 5 | 116 | ... | | | Ancestral property, recovered, not | | | divisible, | 39 | 119 | ... | | | " " " if land | | | how divisible, | 39 | ... | 139 | | | " " co-equal ownership in, | | | of father and son, | 39 | 121 | ... | | | Appeal of suits to the monarch, | 79 | 305 | ... | | | Apprenticeship, contract of, inviolable, | 56 | 184 | ... | | | Appropriation of pledges, &c., forbidden, | 16 | 26 | ... | | | Arrest on suspicion, when allowable, | 72 | 266-8 | ... | | | " " how followed up, | 73 | 269 | ... | | | _Arsha_ marriage | 41 | ... | 150 | | | _Artha Sastra_, | 14 | ... | 21 | | | Ascetics, succession to, | 45 | 137 | ... | | | Assault, where without witness, how triable, | 62 | 212 | ... | | | _Aurasa_ son, | 41 | 128 | ... | | | | | | B.

| | | | | | Battering, injury to a wall by, fineable, | 64 | 223 | ... | | | Bestiality, | 77 | 289 | ... | | | Blind children inherit maintenance only, | 46 | 140 | ... | | | Boundaries, disputed, how determined, | 48 | 150-3 | ... | | | " false evidence as to, fineable, | 49 | 153 | ... | | | " breaking or overstepping, | 49 | 155 | ... | | | " wrongfully appropriating, | 16 | 26 | ... | | | " law of limitation does not | | | apply to, | 16 | 25 | ... | | | _Brahma_, defined and explained, | | | _Introd._ | vii | ... | ... | | | _Brahma_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Brahmans, omission to invite, fineable, | 72 | 263 | ... | | | _Brahmachari_ (professed), succession to, | 45 | 137 | ... | | | Brothers and sisters, duty of, to complete | | | each others' ritual, | 40 | 124 | ... | | | Brothers and half-brothers, when succeed to | | | each other, | 45 | 138,9 | ... | | | Buyer not accepting, how treated, | 70 | 255 | ... | | | | | | C. | | | | | | Capture of thieves & others, when warranted, | 72 | 266-8 | ... | | | Carnal knowledge, what illegal, | 77 | 289-94 | ... | | | Carriers of goods, liabilities of, | 60 | 197,8 | ... | | | Cast, distinctions of, | 3 | 10 | ... | | | " a religious ordinance, its origin, | | | gradual development, and fixed | | | character, explained, _Introd._ | vii-ix | ... |

... | | | Cattle, trespass by, law as to, | 50 | 159-63 | ... | | | Communities and guilds, laws as to their | | | constitution and conduct, | 57 | 185-92 | ... | | | Correction of wrong doers, a monarch's duty, | 6 | 360 | ... | | | Counter-complaints, as to, | 10 | 9,10 | ... | | | Counterfeit gold, trading with, how | | | punishable, | 78 | 297 | ... | | | Courts, different grades of, | 17 | 30 | ... | | | Creditor, how may enforce his debt, | 20 | 40 | ... | | | " not accepting payment loses | | | future interest, | 21 | 44 | ... | | | Cremation, disposal of corpse by, from | | | what date, | 4 | ... | 14 | | | Criminals, atrocious, who, | 29 | ... | 113 | | | Cripple, heir who is a, entitled | | | to maintenance, | 46 | 140 | ... | | | Cultivation, incomplete, consequence of | | | breach of duty by, | 50 | 158 | ... | | | Customs levy, fraudulent avoidance of, | 71 | 262 | ... | | | Cut-purses, how punished, | 74 | 274 | ... | | | | | | D. | | | | | | Dams, slight private injury not to interfere | | | with construction of, | 50 | 156 | ... | | | " in private lands, whose the right | | | of use, | 50 | 157 | ... | | | Damage, by brutes or inanimate things, | | | when excusable, | 78 | 298 | ... | | | _Daiva_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Daughter's son,

_puttrika-suta_, | 41 | 128 | ... | | | Daughter, affianced, penalty for withholding,| 47 | 146 | ... | | | " " when dies, how dowry, &c.| | | appropriated, | 47 | 146 | ... | | | Daughters, unmarried, of those disqualified | | | to inherit, to be provided for, | 46 | 141 | ... | | | Death caused by vehicles accidentally | | | not imputable, | 78 | 299 | ... | | | Debts, may be enforced, | 20 | 40 | ... | | | " in what order payable, | 20 | 41 | ... | | | " impost on recovered | 20 | 42 | ... | | | " how to be met where debtor without | | | means, | 21 | 43 | ... | | | " of undivided kinsmen payable from the | | | family fund, | 21 | 45 | ... | | | " separate, need not be discharged | | | by the family, | 21 | 46 | ... | | | " of father, what not obligatory on son,| 21 | 47 | ... | | | " " what obligatory, | 22 | 50 | ... | | | " of wives of herdsmen, &c., to be paid,| 22 | 48 | ... | | | " how proveable, | 22 | 50 | ... | | | " between what persons forbidden, | 23 | 52 | ... | | | " obligatory on lineal descendants, | 32 | 70 | ... | | | " formalities of payment of, | 33 | 93,4 | ... | | | " pass with property to successor, | 22 | 51 | ... | | | Decisions, judicial, when to be annulled | | | by Monarch, | 18 | 31 | ... | | | Deposit, _upanidhi_, | 26 | 65 | ... | | | " _nikshepa_ and other

sorts of, | 26 | 67 | ... | | | " wrongful appropriation of, | 16 | 25,6 | ... | | | " not to be used, | 26 | 67 | ... | | | Depositee, when liable for loss, | 26 | 66 | ... | | | _Dhanus_, a land measure, | 52 | 167 | 218 | | | _Dharma Sastras_, promulgators of, | 2 | 4,5 | ... | | | " " Professor Stenzler's list | | | of, _Introd._ | v | ... | ... | | | _Dharma_ wife, | 41 | 148 | 150 | | | Disease, incurable, a bar to inheritance, | 46 | 140 | ... | | | Division of property, equal, amongst sons, | 38 | 117 | ... | | | " periods of, | 38 | 114 | 137 | | | " amongst sons, mother's right on, | 40 | 123 | ... | | | | | | E. | | | | | | Earnest, on sale, &c., | 25 | ... | 85 | | | Earnings of science, not subject to | | | distribution, | 39 | 119 | ... | | | Elephant stealers to be impaled, | 74 | 273 | ... | | | Evidence, when not to be given, | 23 | 52 | ... | | | | | | F. | | | | | | Fabrication of royal grant, fineable, | 78 | 295 | ... | | | False weight, fine for declaring, | 71 | 262 | ... | | | Ferry-man, levying land-toll, fineable, | 72 | 263 | ... | | | Fighting-games, wagers at, rules as to, | 61 | 203 | ... | | | Fines, highest, medium, lowest, | 8 | 365 | ...

| | | Food, unfit, graduated fines for giving, | 78 | 296 | ... | | | Fraudulent buying or selling, | 72 | 262 | ... | | | | | | G. | | | | | | Gambling, rules respecting, | 60 | 199-203 | ... | | | _Gandharva_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Gifts, not subject to distribution, | 39 | 118-123 | ... | | | " of what properly permitted, | 54 | 175 | ... | | | " how to be accepted, | 54 | 176 | ... | | | Girl's son, | 42 | 129 | ... | | | _Grama_, | 52 | 167 | 219 | | | Grandsons inherit per stirpes, | 39 | 120 | ... | | | _Guru_ described, | 29 | ... | 113 | | | | | | H. | | | | | | Half-brothers, reunited, inherit, | 45 | 139 | ... | | | Heirs, who, where no male issue, | 43 | 135 | ... | | | " of hermit, } | | | | | | " of ascetic, } | | | | | | " of professed _brahmachari_, } | 45 | 137 | ... | | | Herdsmen, how punishable for cattle-trespass,| 51 | 161 | ... | | | " duty of, | 52 | 164 | ... | | | " consequence of loss by fault of, | 52 | 115 | ... | | | Hermit, heirs of, | 45 | 137 | ... | | | Hirer for transport of goods, breach of | | | contact by, | 60 | 198 | ... | |

| Honor, gradations of, | 4 | 116 | ... | | | Horse-stealers, to be impaled, | 74 | 273 | ... | | | House-breakers, to be impaled, | 74 | 273 | ... | | | House, dwelling, casting noxious things | | | into, fineable, | 64 | 224 | ... | | | | | | I. | | | | | | Idiot, to be maintained, | 46 | 140 | ... | | | Impotent, to be maintained, | 46 | 140 | ... | | | Incendiaries, to be burned, | 75 | 282 | ... | | | Indorsement of payment on document, | 33 | 93 | ... | | | Injury to cattle, | 65 | 225,26 | ... | | | " to trees, shrubs, &c., | 65 | 227-29 | ... | | | Instigator of _sahasa_, | 35 | 231 | ... | | | Instruments (documents), holograph need | | | not be witnessed, | 32 | 89 | ... | | | " destroyed, to be renewed, | 33 | 91 | ... | | | " authenticity of, how ascertained,| 33 | 92 | ... | | | " classed, | 33 | ... | 128 | | | Interest, what chargeable, | 19 | 37-39 | ... | | | Investiture of the twice-born, | 4 | 14 | ... | | | | | | J. | | | | | | Joint traders, law as to, | 71 | 259,60 | ... | | | Judges, appointment of, | 9 | 2 | ... | | | " corrupt, to be amerced, | 9 | 4 | ... | | | | | | K