[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) › c8.217 # Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.217 Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c8.217 - **Language:** English ### [c8.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.217) According to these sources primarily a distinction is to be made between royal and private documents (\*rājakīyam\* and \*laukikam\* or \*jānapadam\* \*lekhyam\*). The private documents are divided into documents of partition, gift, purchase, pledge, combination, slavery, boundary, truce, cession and debt (\*pattra\* or \*lekhya\* for \*vibhāga\*, \*dāna\*, \*kārya\*, \*ādhi\*, \*saṃvit\*, \*dāsa\*, \*sīmā\*, \*saṃdhi\*, \*anvādhi\*, \*ṛṇa\*) : a receipt (\*viśuddhi-pattra\*) may be given even for a penance which has been performed. - [Previous: c8.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.216) - [Next: c8.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.218) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jolly-1896.c8.217) · Pramāṇa