[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) › c8.138 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.138 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.138 - **Language:** English ### [c8.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.138) Besides gold land was very much coveted by the Brahmans. Already Vi. 3, 81 f. advises the king to present land to the Brahmans and to have a deed of gift prepared on a piece of cotton cloth or copper plates for the attestation of the gift and for the purpose of informing the future rulers of the gift; it should contain the name and the family tree of the donor, a description of the gift and a reference to the meritoriousness of the gift and the sin of every encroachment on the same. Later Smṛtis have very detailed rules for the preparation of these deeds (§ 35). - [Previous: c8.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.137) - [Next: c8.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.139) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8) ## Cites (1) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.3.81) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.138) · Pramāṇa