Essay name: Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence
Author:
P. V. Rajee
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Sahitya
This essay is an English study on the Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence from the 16th century. It covers aspects of such as individual legal procedures and societal welfare, thus reflecting the judiciary principles of ancient ancient Indian society.
Chapter 2 - The place of Vyavaharamala in Sanskrit juridical texts
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smrtis. He follows mith膩k峁ra system generally. The text
consists of 503 pages.
Vyavah膩ranir峁嘺ya of Varadar膩ja.
This work refers to judgment of the courts. This is also
considered as a mith膩k峁ra system.
笔补谤腻艣补谤补尘腻诲丑补惫颈测补.
This is a commentary on par膩艣arasm峁泃i by Madhav膩carya
a scholar and minister in the Vijayanagara Empire.
Par膩艣aram膩dhav墨ya is a text that instructs how to govern a
kingdom based on righteous laws.
Smrticandrika of D膿v膩nnabha峁弓a.
D膿v膩nnabha峁弓a belongs to the end of the twelfth century.
This work mainly deals with the law of inheritance.
Sm峁泃icandrika has become the source for reconstructing the
sm峁泃墨s of K膩ty膩yana and B峁沨aspati. After twelfth century all the
writers have regarded sm峁泃icandrika as authoritative and a
valuable source for Hindu law.
D膩y膩bh膩ga of J墨m奴thav膩hana.
