History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s18.14.5

v1.c6.s18.14.5

*sakulya*, teacher and pupils as heirs; king ultimate heir except as to Brāhmaṇa’s wealth; varieties of *strīdhana*; succession to *strīdhana*; grounds of exclusion from inheritance; property not liable to partition; gains of learning; reunion; mother and grandmother as heirs; impartible property; gambling and prize fighting must be suppressed by the king; the five great sins; *prāyaścittas* for them; open and secret thieves; jails; the seven *aṅgas* of a kingdom; duties of Vaiśya and Śūdra; (X) Brāhmaṇa alone to teach; mixed castes; *mlecchas*, Kāmbojas, Yavanas, Śakas; rules of conduct common to all; privileges and duties of the four *varṇas*; modes of subsistence for a Brhāmaṇa in adversity; what articles should not be sold by Brāhmaṇa; seven proper modes of acquisition and the means of livelihood; (XI) eulogy of gifts; different views about *prāyaścitta*; various seen results, diseases and bodily defects due to sins in former lives; five mortal sins and *prāyaścittas* for them; upapātakas and *prāyaścittas* for them; prāyaścittas like Sāntapana, Parāka, Cāndrāyaṇa; holy mantras for removing sin; (XII) disquistion on *karma*; kṣetrajña, *bhutātma*, *jīva*; tortures of hell; the three *guṇas*, *sattva*, *rajas* and *tamas*; what brings about *niḥśreyasa*; knowledge of the self is the highest means of bliss; *pravṛtta* and *nivṛtta* *karma*; the latter is karma done without an eye to reward; eulogy of Vedas; place of *tarka*; *śiṣṭas* and *pariṣad*;