History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s23.5

v1.c6.s23.5

The printed Nārada contains three introductory chapters on the principles of judicial procedure (Vyavahāra-mātṛka) and on the judicial assembly (sabhā). Then the following titles of law are dealt with one after another:—ṛṇādāna (recovery of debts), upanidhi (deposit, lending, bailment), saṁbhūya-samutthāna (partnership), dattāpradānika (gifts and resumption thereof), abhyupetya-aśuśrūṣā (breach of contract of service), vetanasya-anapākarma (non-payment of wages), asvāmivikraya (sale without ownership), vikrīyāsaṁpradāna (non-delivery after sale), krītānuśaya (rescission of purchase), samayasyānapākarma (violation of conventions of corporations, guilds &c.), sīmābandha (settlement of boundaries); strīpuṁsayoga (marital relation); dāyabhāga (partition and inheritance); sāhasa (offences in which force is the principal element) such as homicide, robbery, rape &c.; vākpāruṣya (defamation and abuse) and daṇḍapāruṣya (hurt of various kinds); prakīrṇaka (miscellaneous wrongs). The appendix deals with theft, though a few remarks are made on that topic under the title of ‘sāhasa.’