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 1 - Introduction
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Veda, Smrti, Purana,Nibandha are the source of ancient law.
The Vedic age may be placed between 2000 B.C and 1000
B.C, the age of the Sm峁泃is commenced from about 1000 B.C or
800 B.C and continued up to 8th century A.D, and the Sm峁泃i age is
divided into two broad periods, one from 800 B.C to 100 B.C.
and the other from 100 B.C to 800 A.D."
14 The ancient law can be divided in two parts-one of them is
religious texts, and others are Smrtis, Dharmasastr膩s and
commentaries. These are special dealings in civil and criminal
laws. Yaj. States that srutis and smrtis are the source of law. Sruti
means Vedas. Sm峁泃i means Dharma艣膩str膩s.
Sruti is the supreme source of authority of Vyavah膩ra for
艢谤耻迟颈
the following reasons- (1) Sruti was the supreme authority and
厂盲蝉迟谤颈
origin of law. The S膩str膩s and Sm峁泃is profess to bow down to the
authority of the Vedas even when they were actually departing
from the theories enunciated by them. Inheritance is one of the
most important sections of law found in the Srutis and Sm峁泃is.
24 Outlines of ancient Hindu jurisprudence-M.S.Pandit tripathi-page-7
