A Code of Gentoo laws, or, Ordinations of the pundits / from a Persian translation, made from the original, written in the Shanscrit language.

Other author Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon : [publisher not identified], 1776.
Description1xxiv, 61, 322 pages
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Subjects
Hindu law.
Customary law (Hindu law)
Customary law--India.

Variant title Code of Gentoo laws
Variant title Ordinations of the pundits
General noteEnglish translation by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed.
General noteTranslated from the Vivādārṇavasetu, a digest of Hindu law in 21 sections (taraṅga) compiled for Warren Hastings by the pandits: Bāneśvara, Kṙipārāma, Rāma Gopāla, Krishajw̄ana, Vireśvara, Krishṇacandra, Gavrikānta, Kāliśaṅkara, Syāmasundara, Krishnakeśava and Sĭtărāma--Cf. Eggeling, Cat. of Sanskrit mss. in Library of the India office, pt. III, 1891, p. 458, no. 1506.
General note"Names of the Brahmins who compiled this work": p. 6.
General note"Glossary of such Shàscrit [sic], Persian and Bengal words, as occur in this work": p. 7-23.
General note"Names of authors quoted in this compilation": p. 25.
General note"A list of the books from whence this pootee was compiled ... ": p. 26-28.
General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 11376.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
Other title Vivādārnavasētu. English.