A Digest of Hindu Law, on Contracts and Successions 3 Volume Set

With a Commentary by Jagannatha Tercapanchanana
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-108-05629-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 1810 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 2273 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society

An honorary professor of Sanskrit and Hindu law at Fort William College in Calcutta, and a key figure in the foundation of the Royal Asiatic Society, Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) became Britain's foremost orientalist during the early nineteenth century. Taking up the reins of Sanskrit scholarship following the death of Sir William Jones (1746–94), Colebrooke made several substantial contributions to Indic study. Through seminal publications such as a grammar of Sanskrit and an extended article on the Vedas, he provided unprecedented access to one of the world's oldest languages and some of its oldest texts. Published in 1801, this three-volume translation of Brahman law was based on a Sanskrit compilation prepared by a pandit, Jagannatha Tercapanchanana, whose learned commentary is also featured in the work. The volumes cover monetary issues, such as contracts, loans and deposits, and also slavery, marriage and inheritance rights.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tercapanchanana, Jagannatha

Tercapanchánana, Jagannátha

Weitere Mitwirkende

Colebrooke, Henry Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Übersetzung, Editionstechnik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Preface; Note on the orthography of Sanscrit words; Part I. Contracts: 1. On loans and payment; 2. On deposits, sale without ownership, concerns among partners, and subtraction of what has been given. Volume 2: 2. On deposits, sale without ownership, concerns among partners, and subtraction of what has been given (cont.); 3. On the non-performance of agreements, etc.; 4. On the duties of man and wife; Part II. Successions: 5. On inheritance. Volume 3: 5. On inheritance (cont.); Index.