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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tradition is the second source, and usage by virtuous men, is the
third source.
The RgVedic 膧ryan society was divided in to four classes.
The priestly class that later developed in to the Br膩hma峁嘺-var峁嘺 is
referred to frequently in the R.V as Br膩hman, Rsi and Vipra. The
next class, the ruling or militant class is known as K峁tram,
K峁triya, R膩jan, and R膩janya and even as Rajaputra the
administrative class that later developed in to the k峁triya. The
third class was known as Vi艣ah Krsti and Karsanth and constituted
the masses the traders class, that later developed as Vysya. The
fourth class 鈥� the Sudr膩s is rarely mentioned in the early portions
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of R.V. the fourth class considered as the labors group of society.
The Rg Vedic divinities are found to be differentiated exactly on
the same pattern as the human society 18. As it has been pointed
out, Agni is the typical Br膩hman, the pur艒hitha the h艒t峁泆, the
19 p艒tru". Mitra and Varuna are the two Ksatriya rulers par
Evolution of the smriti law-Dr. Sivaji singh-page-170
Rigveda-1-1-2JVth-9-3 and -4
