A code of Gentoo laws, or, Ordinations of the pundits
Subtitle: from a Persian translation, made from the original written in the Shanscrit language.
Contributors: Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey, 1751-1830.; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1776
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Hindu law -- Digests.; Customary law (Hindu law); Customary law -- India -- Digests.
Genres: Digests.
Other titles: Code of Gentoo laws; Ordinations of the pundits
Notes: Translated from the Vivādārṇavasetu, a digest of Hindu law in 21 sections (taraṅga) compiled for Warren Hastings by the pandits: Bāneśvara, Kṙipārāma, Rāma Gopāla, Krishajw̄ana, Vireśvara, Krishṇacandra, Gavrikānta, Kāliśaṅkara, Syāmasundara, Krishnakeśava and Sĭtărāma. Cf. Eggeling, Cat. of Sanskrit mss. in Library of the India office, pt. III, 1891, p. 458, no. 1506.
English translation by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed. Cf. p. [iii].
Signatures: [A]² B-T², ²[A]² ²B-5D².
"Names of the Brahmins who compiled this work": p. 6.
"Glossary of such Shàscrit [sic], Persian and Bengal words, as occur in this work": p. 7-23.
"Names of authors quoted in this compilation": p. 25.
"A list of the books from whence this pootee was compiled ... ": p. 26-28.