The History of Indian Literature c9.332

c9.332

‡ Allusions to judicial cases are of very rare occurrence within the range of Vedic literature; but where they do occur, they mostly agree with the precepts of Manu. So also, for example, a verse in Yáska's Nirukti, iii. 4, concerning the disability of women to inherit, which, besides, directly appeals to ‘Manuḥ Sváyambhuvaḥ.’ This is the first time that the latter is mentioned as a lawgiver. [See also Śáṅkh. Gṛih., ii. 16; Ápast., ii. 16. 1, ed. Bühler. On Vedic phases of criminal law, see Burnell, Pref. to Sáma-vidhána-Br., p. xv.; *Lit. C. Bl.*, 1874, p. 423.]