Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi

by Ganganatha Jha | 1920 | 1,381,940 words | ISBN-10: 8120811550 | ISBN-13: 9788120811553

This is the English translation of the Manusmriti, which is a collection of Sanskrit verses dealing with ‘Dharma’, a collective name for human purpose, their duties and the law. Various topics will be dealt with, but this volume of the series includes 12 discourses (adhyaya). The commentary on this text by Medhatithi elaborately explains various t...

Discourse IX - Duties of the King (concluded)

Adhyāya 9

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+ Section I - Husband and Wife

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. Verse 9.25

+ Section II - Duty towards Children

. Verse 9.26

. Verse 9.27

. Verse 9.28

. Verse 9.29-30

+ Section III - To whom does the Child belong?

. Verse 9.31

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+ Section IV - Duties of Women in Times of Distress (niyoga)

. Verse 9.57

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. Verse 9.59

. Verse 9.60

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. Verse 9.65

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. Verse 9.67

. Verse 9.68

. Verse 9.69

. Verse 9.70

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+ Section V - Repudiation of the Betrothed Maiden

. Verse 9.72

. Verse 9.73

+ Section VI - Duties of the Husband going Abroad

. Verse 9.74

. Verse 9.75

. Verse 9.76

+ Section VII - The Recalcitrant Wife: Supersession, Divorce

. Verse 9.77

. Verse 9.78

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+ Section VIII - Seniority among Co-wives

. Verse 9.85

. Verse 9.86

. Verse 9.87

+ Section IX - The Marriage of Girls

. Verse 9.88

. Verse 9.89

. Verse 9.90

. Verse 9.91

. Verse 9.92

. Verse 9.93

. Verse 9.94

. Verse 9.95

. Verse 9.96

. Verse 9.97

+ Section X - Impropriety of the Nuptial Fee

. Verse 9.98

. Verse 9.99

. Verse 9.100

+ Section XI - Summary of the Law Relating to Husband and Wife

. Verse 9.101

. Verse 9.102

. Verse 9.103

+ Section XI (A) - Inheritance: Equal Division among Sons

. Verse 9.104

+ Section XII - The entire Property goes to the Eldest Brother

. Verse 9.105

. Verse 9.106

. Verse 9.107

. Verse 9.108

. Verse 9.109

. Verse 9.110

+ Section XIII - Separation of the Brothers: Partition: Allotment of Shares

. Verse 9.111

. Verse 9.112

. Verse 9.113

. Verse 9.114

. Verse 9.115

. Verse 9.116

. Verse 9.117

+ Section XIV - Shares of Unmarried Sisters

. Verse 9.118

+ Section XV - Non-partition oif the Odd Cattle

. Verse 9.119

+ Section XVI - Detailed Laws of Partition among Sons

. Verse 9.120

. Verse 9.121

. Verse 9.122-123

. Verse 9.124

. Verse 9.125

. Verse 9.126

+ Section XVII - Property of one who has no Male Issue: the ‘Appointed Daughter’

. Verse 9.127

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+ Section XVIII - Adoption

. Verse 9.141

. Verse 9.142

+ Section XIX - Sons not Entitled to a Share in the Parental Property

. Verse 9.143

. Verse 9.144

+ Section XX - Status of the Son Born by ‘Authorisation’

. Verse 9.145

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+ Section XXI - Shares of Sons born of Mothers of diverse Castes

. Verse 9.149

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+ Section XXII - The Relative Status of the Twelve Kinds of Sons

. Verse 9.158

. Verse 9.159-160

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+ Section XXIII - The Twelve Kinds of Sons defined

. Verse 9.166

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+ Section XXIV - Inheritance

. Verse 9.185

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+ Section XXV - Strīdhana (property of the wife)

. Verse 9.194

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. Verse 9.196-197

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+ Section XXVI - Disqualifications to Inheritance

. Verse 9.201

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. Verse 9.203

+ Section XXVII - Property of Brothers, and their Mutual Relationship

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+ Section XXVIII - Son’s Property inherited by the Mother

. Verse 9.217

. Verse 9.218

+ Section XXIX - Impartible Property

. Verse 9.219

+ Section XXX - Gambling

. Verse 9.220

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+ Section XXXI - Miscellaneous Punishments

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+ Section XXXII - Mortal Sins

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+ Section XXXIII - Disposal of the Fine realised from the Worst Offenders

. Verse 9.243

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. Verse 9.246-247

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+ Section XXXIV - Punishment of the Not Guilty and acquitting of the Guilty

. Verse 9.249

. Verse 9.250

+ Section XXXV - Consolidation and Settlement of the Kingdom

. Verse 9.251

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+ Section XXXVI - Who are ‘Thorns’ (kaṇṭaka)?

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+ Section XXXVII - Detection of Criminals

. Verse 9.261

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+ Section XXXVIII - Treatment of Criminals and their Punishment

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+ Section XXXIX - The Seven ‘Limbs’ of the Kingdom (saptāṅga)

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+ Section XL - Personal Behaviour of the King

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+ Section XLI - The Treatment of Brāhmaṇas

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. Verse 9.318-319

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+ Section XLII - Summing Up

. Verse 9.325

+ Section XLIII - Duties of the Vaiśya and the Śūdra

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+ Section XLIV - Conclusion

. Verse 9.336

* NOTE: The text of the Bhāṣya on this Discourse is specially defective; there are endless lacunae, which, even with the large number of manuscripts we have used, we have not been able to supply.

Last Updated: 07 January, 2017