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Title: Hindu Law and Judicature
from the Dharma-Sastra of Yajnavalkya

Author: Yajnavalkya

Translator: Edward Roeer
W.A Montriou

Release Date: June 24, 2007 [EBook #21918]

Language: English

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Transcriber's note:

1. The spelling, accents, and diacritical marks of Sanskrit words
was not consistent through the book. These have been made
consistent.

2. The corrections noted in the Corrigenda on page v have been
made in the text.

HINDU LAW AND JUDICATURE

FROM THE

DHARMA-SASTRA

of

YAJNAVALKYA

In English

WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES AND INTRODUCTION

BY

EDWARD ROeER, ph. D., M. D.

AND W. A. MONTRIOU, BARRISTER.

Calcutta:

R. C. LEPAGE & CO., BRITISH LIBRARY.

London:

R. C. LEPAGE & CO., 1, WHITEFRIAR'S STREET, FLEET STREET

1859.

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PREFACE.

The immediate incentive to this undertaking was, a knowledge, or at
least a strong impression, that a connected and explanatory
translation of the rules of jurisprudence[1] in the Dharma Sastra
of Yajnavalkya was a practical want.

Such impression was coincided in, and therefore proved correct, by a
long list of local subscribers eminently qualified, by position and
experience, to decide.

Dr. Roeer is responsible for the fidelity of the rendering, so far as
depends on knowledge of the Sanscrit l