The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s3.t5.8

c13.s3.t5.8

Hemachandra's work is described as *laghu* or small. But it is really comprehensive. Its scope is wider in certain respects than that of Somadeva's *Nītivākyāmrita*. The chapters on law are full and deserve intensive analysis for comparison with ordinary Brāhmaṇic (Manu) texts. The chapters on punishment have many details which ought to be interesting to students of criminology. Altogether, it is a valuable document of Hindu positivism, from the Jaina side, for the twelfth century.