Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya by Yajñavalkya
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"Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya" by Yajñavalkya is a Sanskrit legal text composed between the 3rd and 5th century CE. Organized into three books covering customs, judicial process, and punishment, this systematic treatise presents theories on evidence, court structure, and legal procedure. Notable for its concise style and progressive views, it elevated documentary evidence above oral testimony and established hierarchical courts with clear appeal processes, profoundly influencing medieval
India's judiciary practice more than earlier dharma texts. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Yajñavalkya |
|---|---|
| Translator | Montriou, W. A. (William Austin), 1810- |
| Translator | Röer, Edward, 1805-1866 |
| LoC No. | 75502495 |
| Title | Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C4%81j%C3%B1avalkya_Sm%E1%B9%9Bti |
| Credits |
Produced by Sankar Viswanathan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project. [ books.google.com/books?id=mFO6vZRrXz4C&pg ]) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | KN: Law in general, Comparative and uniform law, Jurisprudence: South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia |
| Subject | Hindu law |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 21918 |
| Release Date | Jun 24, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 472 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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