Reading section 17
Translator: Montriou, W. A. (William Austin); Röer, Edward
Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sastra of Yajnavalkya. Translated by Montriou, W. A. (William Austin); Röer, Edward. This historical English edition is listed by Project Gutenberg as public domain in the USA. Read the source text, search passages, and explore it with the reading assistant.
Contents
- Reading section 1
- Reading section 2
- Reading section 3
- Reading section 4
- Reading section 5
- Reading section 6
- Reading section 7
- Reading section 8
- Reading section 9
- Reading section 10
- Reading section 11
- Reading section 12
- Reading section 13
- Reading section 14
- Reading section 15
- Reading section 16
- Reading section 17
- Reading section 18
| | | | | | _Karvata_, a sudder station, | 52 | 167 | 219 | | | _Kaya_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Killing, fine for, | 75 | 277 | ... | | | King's wife, punishment for adultery with, | 75 | 282 | ... | | | | | | L. | | | | | | Law, what it is, exemplified, | 3 | 6 | ... | | | " its root or evidence, | 3 | 7 | ... | | | " by whom to be declared, | 3 | 9 | ... | | | Limitation of suit, | 15 | 24,5 | ... | | | Loss on metals by action of fire, | 54 | 178 | ... | | | " or increase in weight, of wool, etc., | | | by working, | 55 | 179,80 | ... | | | " how to be made good by artisans, | 55 | 181 | ... | | | Lost property, as to finding of, | 18 | 33-35 | ... | | | " " how claimed, | 53 | 171 | ... | | | Lost property, clandestine recovery of, | | | punishable, | 53 | 172 | ... | | | " " when found by public officers | | | must be claimed, | 53 | 173 | ... | | | " " if animal, what impost | | | payable by owner, | 54 | 174 | ... | | | | | | M. | | | | | | Madmen do not inherit but to be maintained, | 46 | 140 | ... | | | _Mantras_, necessary to rites of twice-born, | 4 | 10 | ... | | | Marriage, differing forms of, | 41 | ... | 150 | |
Permalink| Marriage-gift not subject to partition, | 38 | 118 | ... | | | Meat, tainted, punishment for selling, | 78 | 297 | ... | | | Miscellaneous offences, | 60 | 232-50 | ... | | | Monarch, his daily duties, | 5 | 326 | ... | | | " how he should deal with a newly | | | subjugated territory, | 5 | 342 | ... | | | " his duty to punish wrong-doers, | 5 |353,357,8 | ... | | | " to investigate law suits with the { | 6 | 359 | ... | | | judges, { | 9 | 1 | ... | | | " to set right those who err, | 6 | 360 | ... | | | " when should annul decisions, | 18 | 31 | ... | | | " to fix prices, receiving a twentieth,| 70 | 253-261 | ... | | | " his retribution for an unjust fine, | 80 | 307 | ... | | | Mother's share on partition among sons, | 40 | 123 | ... | | | _Munis_, what, two classes of, | 1 | ... | 1 | | | Murder, investigation into, | 75 | 280 | ... | | | " and theft, village &c. responsible | | | for, | 73 | 271,2 | ... | | | Murderers, violent, to be impaled, | 74 | 273 | ... | | | | | | N. | | | | | | _Nagara_, | 52 | 167 | 219 | | | _Nikshepa_ deposit, not to be used, | 26 | 67 | ... | | | | | | O. | | | | | | Ordeals, to be resorted to where proof | | | wanting, | 14 | 22 | ... | | | " used for
Permalinkexculpation when agreed on,| 34 | 95,6 | ... | | | _viz._, scales, hot iron, water, | | | poison, described, | 35 | 97-113 | ... | | | Orders or periods of life of the twice-born, | 1 | ... | 13 | | | | | | P. | | | | | | _Paisacha_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Partition, during father's lifetime, | 37 | 114-16 | ... | | | " after decease of parents, | 38 | 117-126 | ... | | | Partners for profit, rules for guidance of, | 72 | 265 | ... | | | Pasture-ground, village, how allotted, | 52 | 166 | ... | | | Payment of debt, how to be evidenced, | 33 | 93,4 | ... | | | Plaint, cause of action in, not to vary from | | | original statement, | 10 | 9 | ... | | | Plaintiff, how to proceed in a suit, | 10 | 5-8 | ... | | | Pleadings in a suit, | 10 | 6,7 | ... | | | Pledges, law of, | 24 | 58-67 | ... | | | _Prayaschitta_, _Introd._ | x | ... | ... | | | Prescription or usucapion, law of, | 15 | 24-28 | 25-34 | | | Prices, regulated by the sovereign, | 69 | 251 | ... | | | " process to determine, | 70 | 253 | ... | | | Priority, its importance in gifts, pledges | | | and sales, | 15 | 23 | ... | | | Procedure, the four steps in, | 10 | 5-8 | ... | | | Profits, how calculated, | 69 | 251,2 | ... | | | Prohibited articles, forfeited if sold, | 71 | 261 | ... | | | Proof, absence of, fatal to suit, | 14 | 19 | ...
Permalink| | | " of part sometimes sufficient, | 14 | 20 | ... | | | " of three kinds, | 14 | 22 | ... | | | Property, how divided, | 38 | 117-126 | ... | | | " stolen, cannot pass by sale, | 52 | 168 | ... | | | " lost or stolen, how to be dealt | | | with, | 53 | 169 | ... | | | " lost, claim to, how supported, | 53 | 171 | ... | | | " of one dying in foreign country, | | | succession to, | 72 | 264 | ... | | | Punishment, a monarch's duty, | 5 | 353 | ... | | | " Brahma created in form of, | 5 | 353 | ... | | | " impartiality in, | 5 | 357 | ... | | | " how apportioned, | 8 | 366,7 | ... | | | Purchase, time allowed for trial of different| | | articles on, | 51 | 177 | ... | | | Purchaser cannot recede from his bargain, | 70 | 258 | ... | | | Purloiners and cut-purses how to be treated, | 74 | 274 | ... | | | _Puttrika-suta_, | 41 | ... | 151 | | | | | | | | | R. | | | | | | _Rakshasa_ marriage, | 41 | ... | 150 | | | Realm, why called seven-limbed, | 5 | 352 | ... | | | Receipt to be given for payments, | 33 | 93 | ... | | | Reunited sharers, as to partition among, | 45 | 138,9 | ... | | | Rites of the twice-born, | 4 | 10 | ... | | | Rituals of younger brothers and sisters | | | to be completed by the elder, | 40 | 124
Permalink| ... | | | | | | S. | | | | | | _Sahasa_, | 65 | 230 | ... | | | Sale and purchase, rules as to, | 70 | 246-258 | ... | | | _Sastras_, _Dharma_, promulgators of, | | | _Introd._ | v & 2 | 4,5 | ... | | | Self-acquired property not divisible on | | | partition, | 38 | 118 | ... | | | Seller failing to deliver pays damage, | 70 | 254 | ... | | | " of lost or stolen property, | 53 | 169,70 | ... | | | Separation of a brother not desiring to share|, 37 | 116 | ... | | | Servant, inattentive, how master may treat, | 59 | 195 | ... | | | Sisters, rituals of, to be performed by | | | brothers, | 40 | 124 | ... | | | Slavery and servitude, analysis of, | 56 | ... | 239 | | | " when redemption from, a right, | 55 | 182 | ... | | | " to be in the order of casts, | 56 | 183 | ... | | | _Smriti_, | 3 | 7 | 9 | | | Sodomy | 77 | 293 | ... | | | Sons, description of the twelve, | 40 | 128-132 | ... | | | " the first in order to be heir, | 43 | 132 | ... | | | " of a slave-mother by a Sudra, | 43 | 133 | ... | | | " by mothers of different cast, how | | | to share, | 40 | 125 | ... | | | " lawfully begotten on another's wife, | 40 | 127 | ... | | | Special pleading, | 11 | 17 | 17 | | | _Sruti_, | 3 | 7 | 9
Permalink| | | Stolen property, monarch to restore, | 19 | 36 | ... | | | _Stridhana_, definition of, | 46 | 143 | ... | | | | | | " succession to, | 38 | 117 | ... | | | " where no issue, | 47 | 145 | ... | | | " when may be appropriated by | | | husband, | 47 | 147 | ... | | | Subornation, | 31 | 81 | ... | | | Sudra, son of, on a slave, | 43 | 133 | ... | | | Sureties, by parties to a suit, | 11 | 10 | ... | | | " who may not be, | 23,67 | 52,239 | ... | | | " for what may be given, | 23 | 53 | ... | | | " when sons of, liable, | 23 | 54 | ... | | | " liabilities and reimbursement of, | 23 | 55,6 | ... | | | | | | T. | | | | | | Theft, when village governor &c. liable | | | if not traced, | 73 | 271,2 | ... | | | " punishment of, variations in, | 74 | 273-5 | ... | | | " accessory after, | 74 | 276 | ... | | | Thief, capture of, on suspicion, | 72 | 266-9 | ... | | | Threats of injury, | 62 | 208,9 | ... | | | Title and possession, | 17 | 27-29 | ... | | | Traders, | 68 | 244-262 | ... | | | Treasure found, how appropriated, | 19 | 34,5 | ... | | | " " concealment of, punishable, | 19 | 35 | ... | | | Twice-born man, may appropriate grass, fuel, | |
Permalink| and flowers, | 52 | 166 | ... | | | " " why so called, | 4 | 39 | ... | | | | | | U. | | | | | | Untruth in testimony to save life, how | | | atoned for, | 31 | 83 | ... | | | _Upanidhi_, | 26 | 65 | ... | | | Usage, when argument founded on, of force, | 14 | 21 | ... | | | Use or hire of various things, what to be | | | given for, | 24 | 57 | ... | | | Uterine brothers, their preferable position, | 45 | 138,9 | ... | | | | | | V. | | | | | | Violent aggression or _Sahasa_, | 66 | 230 | ... | | | Violence on female slaves, | 77 | 291 | 277 | | | Virgin, abduction of, | 76 | 287 | ... | | | " ravishing, | 77 | 288 | ... | | | _Vyavahara_, _Introd._ | x | ... | ... | | | | | | W. | | | | | | Wager, collateral to suit, enforced, | 13 | 18 | ... | | | " at fighting games, rules as to, | 61 | 203 | ... | | | Well, digging of, encouraged, | 50 | 156 | ... | | | Weights, tables of, | 6,7 | 361-4 | 29 | | | " false declaration of, penalty for, | 71 | 262 | ... | | | Widow, whoever takes, must pay former | | | husband's debts, | 22 | 51 | ... | | | Wife's share, on partition by her husband | | | among his sons, if no
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