The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s10.t2.27

c14.s10.t2.27

A digest of the seventeenth century which is comprehensive in its sections is the *Smṛtikaustubha* (c 1675) by Anantadeva, a Deccani jurist. One of its sections is the *Rājadharmakaustubha* divided into several *dīdhitis* (rays). One *dīdhiti* deals with the virtues and vices of kings, queens, ministers, etc., the coronation ceremony and so forth. In another *dīdhiti* is to be found the description of the law court, the judge, the plaint and other items discussed generally in *vyavahāra*. The work was composed under the orders of Baz Bahadur, ruler of Almora in the Himalayan Hills (c 1638-1678).