A Code of Gentoo Laws; or, Ordinations of the Pundits From a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- LETTER FROM WARREN HASTINGS, Efq. Governor-General of Fort-William in Bengal, TO THE COURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE United Company of Merchants of England, Trading to the EAST-INDIES
- LETTER
- THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- TRANSLATION OF A POOTEE, or COMPILATION, OF THE ORDINATIONS OF THE PUNDITS
- PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE
- NAMES OF THE BRAMINS, Who compiled this Work
- GLOSSARY OF SUCH Shàscrit, Persian, and Bengal Words, AS OCCUR IN THIS WORK
- NAMES OF THE HINDOO MONTHS
- NAMES of AUTHORS, Quoted in this Compilation
- A LIST OF THE BOOKS
- Contents
- PREFACE
- CHAP. I Of Lending and Borrowing
- CHAP. II Of the Division of Inheritable Property
- CHAP. III Of Justice
- CHAP. IV Of Trust or Deposit
- CHAP. V Of Selling a Stranger's Property
- CHAP. VI Of Shares
- CHAP. VII Of Gift
- CHAP. VIII Of Servitude
- CHAP. IX Of Wages
- CHAP. X Of Rent and Hire
- CHAP. XI Of Purchase and Sale
- CHAP. XII Of Boundaries and Limits
- CHAP. XIII Of Shares in the cultivation of Lands
- CHAP. XIV Of cities and Towns, and of the Fines for Damaging a Crop
- CHAP. XV Of Scandalous and Bitter Expressions
- CHAP. XVI Of Assault
- CHAP. XVII Of Theft
- CHAP. XVIII Of Violence
- CHAP. XIX Of Adultery
- CHAP. XX Of what concerns Women
NAMES of AUTHORS, Quoted in this Compilation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- LETTER FROM WARREN HASTINGS, Efq. Governor-General of Fort-William in Bengal, TO THE COURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE United Company of Merchants of England, Trading to the EAST-INDIES
- LETTER
- THE TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
- TRANSLATION OF A POOTEE, or COMPILATION, OF THE ORDINATIONS OF THE PUNDITS
- PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE
- NAMES OF THE BRAMINS, Who compiled this Work
- GLOSSARY OF SUCH Shàscrit, Persian, and Bengal Words, AS OCCUR IN THIS WORK
- NAMES OF THE HINDOO MONTHS
- NAMES of AUTHORS, Quoted in this Compilation
- A LIST OF THE BOOKS
- Contents
- PREFACE
- CHAP. I Of Lending and Borrowing
- CHAP. II Of the Division of Inheritable Property
- CHAP. III Of Justice
- CHAP. IV Of Trust or Deposit
- CHAP. V Of Selling a Stranger's Property
- CHAP. VI Of Shares
- CHAP. VII Of Gift
- CHAP. VIII Of Servitude
- CHAP. IX Of Wages
- CHAP. X Of Rent and Hire
- CHAP. XI Of Purchase and Sale
- CHAP. XII Of Boundaries and Limits
- CHAP. XIII Of Shares in the cultivation of Lands
- CHAP. XIV Of cities and Towns, and of the Fines for Damaging a Crop
- CHAP. XV Of Scandalous and Bitter Expressions
- CHAP. XVI Of Assault
- CHAP. XVII Of Theft
- CHAP. XVIII Of Violence
- CHAP. XIX Of Adultery
- CHAP. XX Of what concerns Women
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- A Code of Gentoo Laws; or, Ordinations of the PunditsFrom a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language, pp. 25Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013First published in: 1776