[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) › c7.61 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.61 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.61 - **Language:** English ### [c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.61) ¹ Meyer (Rechtsschriften, pp. 195-252) has tried to prove that Vi. is later than Yājñavalkya but considerably older than Gaut. (p. 253). In a word he is an "elender Skribent." Neither does Meyer believe that Vi. had undergone a rehandling at the hand of a Vaiṣṇava, but he does not give any reason for it. The legal chapters in Vi. taken to be old by Jolly, are of a late date according to Meyer. Tr. - [Previous: c7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.60) - [Next: c7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.62) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c7.61) · Pramāṇa