History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.573

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Bhāsa 211n. Bhāskarācārya 122n. Bhāskaravarman, Nidhanpur plate of 898. Bhat, Mr. Bhaskar Vaman 378. Bhaṭārka, founder of Valabhi dynasty 202. Bhattacharya, Mr. Batuknath, 966. Bhaṭṭoji, author of a commentary on Caturviṁśatimata 926n, 928n, 930, 940, 944, 949-50, 957, 961. Bhavabhūti 243. Bhavanātha, author of Nayaviveka 550n. Bhāvaprakāśana 136. Bhaviṣyapurāṇa 7, 737n, 840, 844n, 873, 905n. Bheda (*an upāya*) 174. Bhide, Prof. H. B. 924n. Bhikkhus, some of whom were styled dhammāpaṇikas 290. Bhīma 79, 172, 203, 210, 232, 937. Bhīṣma, 79; advice of, to soldiers 58; had a golden tāla tree as flagstaff 208; performed Aśvamedha, though not married 845-46. Bhīṣmaparva 58, 135, 203, 205, 208-9, 211, 903, 905, 906, 908n, 909, 912, 915, 918-920, 922. Bhoja, author of Yuktikalpataru 13. Bhoja, see under Dāṇḍakya 52. Bhojakas, held Veda unauthoritative 871. Bhojas, kings of Sātvatas in the south were so called after coronation 73; mentioned in Aśoka's Rock Edicts 65. Bhṛgu 183, 282, 283. Bhujiṣyā, meaning of 813-814. Bibhīṣaṇa 69 Bible 36. Bihar and Orissa Research Society, Journal of 265, 892. Blasphemy Act (in England) 616n. Bluntschli 20, 237. Bombay Agriculturists Debtors Relief Act 425. Bombay Gazetteer 102, 198, 225, 268, 366n. Bombay Pleaders' Act 290. Bombay Regulations 290, 575n. Borradaile 728-29. Boundary dispute 502-505; five kinds of, acc. to Nārada 502-503; king last resort in settling 505; procedure for witnesses who were to define boundary in 503-504; several kinds of witnesses as to 504; single person was not ordinarily to undertake to define boundary in 505. Brahmā, is deemed to have appointed Manu king 34; is said to have composed a work on the four puruṣārthas 4, 33. Brahmacārin, heirs of 764-765; of every varṇa forbidden to drink madya 965; sexual intercourse forbidden to 846; two classes of 764. Brahmacarya, for long periods, forbidden in Kali age 863-64. Brahmagupta 890, 896. Brāhmaṇa, can perform Aveṣṭi as an independant sacrifice, though not in Rājasūya 38; could be sentenced to death, acc. to Kauṭilya and Kātyāyana, in certain cases 398-99; could wield arms in danger 517; empires and kingdoms 39; gifts made to a b. are inexhaustible treasure for the king 228; guilty of murder, theft of gold, forcible seizure of land was to have his eyes covered over with cloth throughout life 397; guilty of perjury banished 352; killing an ātatāyin b. not punishable by king 518; learned, was exempt from taxation 190; liable to pay under a decree was given easy instalments and not made to work 384; limited authority of king over 25; living in Brahmāvarta, Kurukṣetra and a few other countries was to be looked up to by all as to actions and practices 137; may perform Vājapeya sacrifice for Svārājya 65; not to stay in a city, but in a village abounding in water, fuel, kuśa 154; not to stay in the kingdom of a śūdra 39; offender not to receive corporal punishment, but may be banishd 396, 522, 526; offender can be kept confined in a secret place 397, 398n; was forbidden from being a *śamitṛ* or selling *soma* plant 952; was forbidden to engage śūdras as cooks in Kali or eat at their houses 952-53, 958; was not to be a slave 484; wealth of heirless b. was not to escheat to the king but was to be given to other brāhmaṇas 762.