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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D膩y膩bh膩ga is a dissertation on the law of inheritance and
partition. This work is a digest of all the sm峁泃is. He is the
founder of the laws and appears to have flourished in the early
part of twelfth century. His theory is on the law of inheritance
and partition.
Vyavah膩ramay奴kha of N墨laka峁囜笉a Bhatta.
N墨lakanda Batta is the authority of mith膩k峁ra system.
This work was composed in the beginning of the seventeenth
century. He was an eminent jurisprudencialist. He followed
mith膩k峁ra on matters of succession and str墨dhana. He was more.
liberal in the recognition of the rights of the women.
The works like Vyavah膩ram膩l膩 is concerned about
individual legal procedures. But the laws are arranged in
accordance with social welfare. The N墨tis膩str膩s are only
concerned with morality, customs and righteousness. But law is
concerned with all activities of society and its members and with
sovereign power.
