Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of YájnavalkyaYajñavalkya
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Hindu Law and Judicature from the Dharma-Sástra of Yájnavalkya
Yajñavalkya
Hindu law
[Footnote 325: An outcast.]
[Footnote 326: The Commentator explains this term here by _digambara_,
which is the usual designation of a Buddha mendicant.]
[Footnote 327: as if a Śúdrá teach the Vedas.]
[Footnote 328: Manu inflicts 600 _paṇas_, ch. 8, sl. 389.]
[Footnote 329: Thus the Commentator supplies the ellipsis.]
[Footnote 330: instead of acting as a mediator. (_M._)]
[Footnote 331: when it is agreed to decide the dispute by a wager,
(_M._)]
[Footnote 332: of quantity, for water, grain, &c.]
[Footnote 333: _náṇáka_, Wilson's _Ariana antiqua_ pa. 364. The
Commentator defines this word--something stamped with an impression,
as a _nishka_--this is a piece of gold of a certain standard or
weight.]
[Footnote 334: Manu, ch. 9, sl. 232.]
[Footnote 335: _i. e._ who, though ignorant of the _Ajur Veda_ sets up
as a practitioner of the medical art. (_M._) Manu, ch. 9, sl. 284.]
[Footnote 336: The Commentator adds 'without royal authority.']
[Footnote 337: After having summoned the accused to take his trial.
(_M._) This explanation shows, that the injunction applies to judicial
functionaries, although in its terms general.]
[Footnote 338: literally, adds something inferior to. Manu, ch. 9, sl.
286,7.]
[Footnote 339: _e. g._ substituting a basket of crystals for one of
jewels. (_M._)]
[Footnote 340: as camphor, or musk. (_M._)]
[Footnote 341: _i. e._ combining to buy up at a low rate some foreign
merchandize, or to revend it at a dear rate.]
[Footnote 342: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 398, 401, 2.]
[Footnote 343: _semble_ in the daily prices, purchasers and sellers
respectively profiting by an increase or diminution of the tariff of
prices.]
[Footnote 344: Literally, 'expenses arising out of the commodity,'
which the Commentator explains to be, the cost of import,
customs-duty, &c.]
[Footnote 345: The Commentator adds the condition, 'if he have not
repented him of his bargain.']
[Footnote 346: According to the Commentator this rational liberty of
action is not confined to traders; he instances, 'players, dancers,
_and the like._']
[Footnote 347: _scil._ for himself, separate from his partnership
interest.]
[Footnote 348: The same is given by Manu; although the sovereign would
appear not to have had, in those earlier days, so responsible or
despotic a control of the market, ch. 8, sl. 398, 402.]
[Footnote 349: _i. e._ too good for a mere subject. The Commentator
explains, 'jewels, &c.']
[Footnote 350: ibid. sl. 399.]
[Footnote 351: _scil._ where the property in the goods is disputed.
(_M._) Manu, ch. 8, sl. 400.]
[Footnote 352: Land tolls or duties are a twentieth, and are leviable
by the king alone. (_M._)]
[Footnote 353: on occasion of _sráddahs_, &c. Manu, ch. 8, sl. 392,
where a priest for such an offence is fined a silver _másha_ (supra B.
1 sl. 363)]
[Footnote 354: Manu, ch. 8, sl. 207.]
[Footnote 355: a land-measure, _scil._ 4,000 _hâts_ or cubits.]
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