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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approaching the court afflicted with sorrow, the denial of salary
to the workers after doing jobs etc should be taken into
consideration and the culprits should be legally punished.
If many people complaints together, on a number of suits,
against a person, the court would not consider the case. The
complaints for the each topic should be given separately, for the
case to be considered. The complaints by aristocratic Virgil or
complaints without the order of master are not taken into
consideration for trial.
There are six types of Pakṣābhāsa.
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Aprasidha,
Nirābādha, Nirarthaka, Niṣprayōjana, Asādhya and Virudha.
The cases which are not eligible for trial are the following - not
famous or not well known (Aprasidha), not affected
(Nirābādha), meaningless (Nirarthaka), impossible (Asādhya),
creating controversy (Virudha) useless(Niṣprayōjana). For
instance, if one complaints 'my bow made by the horn of hare
has been stolen by another' is an example of Aprasidha. If one
complaints that ‘with the light of my lamp another person is
