Hindu law
Hindu law, as a historical term, refers to the code of laws applied to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in British India.
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Mitākṣarā
A ' on the Yajnavalkya Smriti best known for its theory of "inheritance by birth."
A ' on the Yajnavalkya Smriti best known for its theory of "inheritance by birth."
Along with the Dāyabhāga, it was considered one of the main authorities on Hindu Law from the time the British began administering laws in India.
Dāyabhāga
The Dāyabhāga is a Hindu law treatise written by Jīmūtavāhana which primarily focuses on inheritance procedure.
Henry Thomas Colebrooke
English orientalist and mathematician.
English orientalist and mathematician.
Also in 1805, Lord Wellesley appointed him honorary professor of Hindu law and Sanskrit at the college of Fort William.
Raghunandana
Raghunandana (c.
Raghunandana (c.
His writings include 28 Smriti digests on Hindu law and a commentary on Dayabhaga.
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Highest court of appeal for certain British territories, some Commonwealth countries and a few UK bodies.
Highest court of appeal for certain British territories, some Commonwealth countries and a few UK bodies.
In particular, the Appeals Committee had to hear cases arising from a variety of different legal systems in the colonies, such as Hindu law, with which its members were unfamiliar.
Religious law
Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions.
Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions.
Examples of religiously derived legal codes include Jewish halakha, Islamic sharia, Christian canon law (applicable within a wider theological conception in the church, but in modern times distinct from secular state law ), and Hindu law.
Manusmriti
Believed to be the first ancient legal text and constitution among the many of Hinduism.
Believed to be the first ancient legal text and constitution among the many of Hinduism.
It was one of the first Sanskrit texts to be translated into English in 1776, by British philologist Sir William Jones, and was used to construct the Hindu law code, for the East India Company administered enclaves.
Hindu code bills
The Hindu code bills were several laws passed in the 1950s that aimed to codify and reform Hindu personal law in India, abolishing religious law in favor of a common law code.
The Hindu code bills were several laws passed in the 1950s that aimed to codify and reform Hindu personal law in India, abolishing religious law in favor of a common law code.
As Derrett says in his book on Hindu law, "We find the Hindus to be as diverse in race, psychology, habitat, employment and way of life as any collection of human beings that might be gathered from the ends of the earth."
Pandit
A Pandit (पण्डित; पंडित; also spelled Pundit, pronounced ; abbreviated Pt. or Pdt.) is a man with specialised knowledge or a teacher of any field of knowledge in Hinduism, particularly the Vedic scriptures, dharma, or Hindu philosophy; in colonial-era literature, the term generally refers to Brahmins specialized in Hindu law.