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.
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Now, there is mentioning about the sharing of diligence
among artisans in a joint venture. They have to get the wages
according to their job.
K膩t Says, that the artisans are divided into four types Viz-
艢ik峁ka, Abhij帽a, Kusala and Ac膩rya. The one who is making
the job done is Siksaka, the one who knows about the
advantages and disadvantages is Abhij帽a, the one who does the
work is Kusala, and the one who knows about idols and teaches
about them is Acarya. In this type of work, Acarya will have
four share, the person doing work will have three shares, the
person who supervise the work have two shares, and the person
who makes the work done have one share respectively. Brh.
says that in the same way, in the case of artisan life, making
temples, palace etc the prime artisans will get the gifts of
precious things of which more than half part of the gift should
be given to the leader of artisan. In the same way black smiths
also apply this procedure
