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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medium crimes 200 Pana and for the mighty crimes 500 Pana
will be charged.
The things which are not eligible for pleadings.(pak峁Ｄ乥h膩sa
濒补办峁峁嘺).
The complaints made by dependent persons, the
complaints which are not natural, the complaints made by
outcastes etc are not fit for trial. The complaints made by
drunkards, lunatics, diseased persons, pessimistic person, the
boys below the age of sixteen and old above eighty are not taken
into account. Certain cases, the complaints such as between
master and servant, teacher and student, father and mother,
husband and wife are not eligible for the trail. On other hand in
certain circumstances, by taking the seriousness of the matter,
the trial will be proceeded. For example, in the cases of physical
torture of the student by the master and the complaint of the
student in the court, the son sells the property in unlawful
manner and the father complaining it in the court, the husband
even after receiving dowry, tortures wife and the wife
