[318] Açvalayana, Yajnavalkya, Apastamba in M. Müller, _loc. cit._ p. 378 ff. [319] A. Weber, "Indische Studien," 5, 343, 400, 407. [320] Strabo, p. 709. Arrian, "Ind." 17. [321] "Açvalayana," 1, 63, in A. Weber, _loc. cit._ [322] Manu, 9, 88-96. [323] Açvalayana says: "There are many different customs in different districts and towns; we only give what is common." Haas and A. Weber in the "Indische Studien," 5, 281. [324] Weber, _loc. cit._ 5, 219, 236. [325] A. Weber, _loc. cit._ 5, 201. [326] Haas, _loc. cit._ 5, 322, cp. however, p. 358. [327] A. Weber, _loc. cit._ 5, 214. [328] The first part of the sentence is from the latest part of the Rigveda (10, 184), the second from the Atharvaveda, 2, 30; 5, 25. in A. Weber, "Ind. Studien," 5, 218, 227, 234. [329] Manu, 9, 147-149; 3, 6-11; 55-62; 9, 2-7, 77-83. [330] Manu, 8, 371-376. [331] Manu, 7, 77, 78. [332] Rigveda, 10, 40 in Aurel Mayr, "Indisches Erbrecht," s. 79. [333] Manu, 9, 59-69, 144-146. Aurel Mayr, _loc. cit._ 3, 104. [334] Manu, 5, 157-162. [335] Manu, 5, 167-169. [336] _e.g._ "Ramayana," ed. Schlegel, 2, 3, 31. [337] Burnouf, "Introduction," p. 238. [338] Aurel Mayr, "Indisches Erbrecht," s. 160 ff. [339] Aurel Mayr, _loc. cit._ s. 56. [340] Manu, 9, 104-220. Burnouf, "Introduction," p. 239. In the sutras we are told of a division in a merchant's family, after the brothers have united; in this the oldest retains the house and lands, the other the shops, the third the stock, beside land. Burnouf, _loc. cit._ p. 242. [341] Aurel Mayr, _loc. cit._ 3, 167, ff. [342] Manu, 2, 29-34. [343] Above, p. 252. M. Müller, "Hist. of Anc. Sanskrit Lit." p. 380, ff. [344] Sherring, _loc. cit._ p. 122. CHAPTER VIII. THE THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE BRAHMANS.