Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.110

Language: English

c8.110

¹ This statement is apparently based on M. 158-162. Meyer (Rechtsschriften, pp. 303-4) says however that it is wrong to hold suretyship to have been uninheritable originally, for already Kauṭ. speaks of inheritable suretyship. But even apart from the fact that Kauṭ.’s date is still uncertain it is very likely that the kernel of M. is very old (Ind. Hist. Quarterly, 1927, pp. 808 ff.). Tr.

Previous: c8.109
Next: c8.111
Up: c8

Linked texts (2)

Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit