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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION

ix

Vishnu and the Goddess of the Earth

1

The Four Castes

12

Duties of a King

13

Weights and Measures

23

Criminal and Civil Law

24

Law of Debt

42

Writings

46

Witnesses

48

Ordeals

52

Inheritance

61

Funeral Ceremonies

75

Funeral Oblations

83

Impurity

87

Women

106

Sacraments

112

Studentship

116

Crimes

131

Hells

140

Transmigration

144

Penances

149

Duties of a Householder

189

Rules for a Snâtaka

224

Self-restraint

231

Srâddhas

232

Pious Gifts

263

The Hermit

276

The Ascetic

279

Meditation on Vishnu

287

Conclusion

291

General Index

303

Sanskrit Index

307

Additions and Corrections

312

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East

313

 

LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS.

Âpast.--Âpastamba's Dharma-sûtra, ed. Bühler.

Âsv.--Âsvalâyana's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Stenzler.

Gaut.--Gautama's Dharmasâstra, ed. Stenzler.

Gobh.--Gobhila's Grihya-sûtra, in the Bibl. Ind.

M.--Mânava Dharmasâstra, Calcutta edition, with the Commentary of Kullûka.

Nand.--Nandapandita, the commentator of the Vishnu-sûtra.

Pâr.--Pâraskara's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Stenzler.

Sânkh.--Sânkhâyana's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Oldenberg, in the fifteenth volume of the Indische Studien.

Y.--Yâgñavalkya's Dharmasâstra, ed. Stenzler.

Âpast. and Gaut. refer also to Dr. Bühler's translation of these two works in the second volume of the Sacred Books of the East.

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