A Digest of Hindu Law, on Contracts and Successions
With a Commentary by Jagannátha Tercapanchánana

Translated from Sanskrit by the orientalist Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837), this three-volume compilation of Brahman law appeared in 1801.

Jagannátha Tercapanchánana (Author), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (Translated by)

9781108056274, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 February 2013

602 pages
21.6 x 14 x 3.4 cm, 0.76 kg

An honorary professor of Sanskrit and Hindu law at Fort William College in Calcutta, and a key figure in the foundation of the Royal Asiatic Society, Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) became Britain's foremost orientalist during the early nineteenth century. Taking up the reins of Sanskrit scholarship following the death of Sir William Jones (1746–94), Colebrooke made several substantial contributions to Indic study. Through seminal publications such as a grammar of Sanskrit and an extended article on the Vedas, he provided unprecedented access to one of the world's oldest languages and some of its oldest texts. Published in 1801, this three-volume translation of Brahman law was based on a Sanskrit compilation prepared by a pandit, Jagannatha Tercapanchanana, whose learned commentary is also featured in the work. Volume 2 expounds the legal issues concerning slavery, marriage and inheritance rights.

2. On deposits, sale without ownership, concerns among partners, and subtraction of what has been given (cont.)
3. On the non-performance of agreements, etc.
4. On the duties of man and wife
Part II. Successions: 5. On inheritance.

Subject Areas: Asian history [HBJF]