[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896) › c7.43 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.43 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.43 - **Language:** English ### [c7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.43) The contents which often appear to be very archaic, deal with the sources of law, duties of the Brahman students, ascetics and fathers of families, the laws of marriage, rules of salutation, the position of the Brahmans, the sacrifices and other obligations of a Snātaka, the modes of life of the four Varṇas, the duties of the king, law and justice, impurity and the removal thereof, sacrifice offered to the dead, the study of the Veda, the position of women, Prāyaścitta and the law of inheritance All these things are dealt with as in proper Dharmasūtras, only metrical passages are altogether wanting. The repetition of the last word in every Adhy. is an archaism, but on the other hand the language contains few obsolete forms and also the system of mixed castes including the Yavanas (4, 21) gives the impression of a modern origin. - [Previous: c7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.42) - [Next: c7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.44) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7) ## Linked texts (1) - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.4.21) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.43) · Pramāṇa