A Digest of Hindu Law, on Contracts and Successions: With a Commentary by Jagannatha Tercapanchanana (Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society Volume 2)
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Jagannatha Tercapanchanana (Author) Henry Thomas Colebrooke (Contributor)
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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. Worked examples or Exercises
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- Contributor: Jagannatha Tercapanchanana
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781108056274
- Number of Pages: 602
- Packaged Dimensions: 140x216x34mm
- Packaged Weight: 760
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2013-02-28
- Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
- Binding: Paperback / softback
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