Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.116

c7.116

³ Meyer (Rechtsschriften, p. 38) thinks that the Dharmapāṭhaka was an expert in secular law whereas the others were experts in religious law. As Gaut. does not mention the Dharmapāṭhaka, Meyer argues (p. 317) that in the days of Gaut. the legal works had been ruined by the works on Dharma. This theory of Meyer is based on pure imagination and cannot be harmonised with the other theory of Meyer himself that the Nāradasmṛti—exclusively devoted to secular law—is older than Gaut., for Medhātithi, who in his opinion is not far removed from Gaut., often quotes Nārada. Tr.