The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c6.s2.8

c6.s2.8

*Dharma-śāstra* is more encyclopaedic and all-embracing than *Artha-śāstra* while the latter is more constitutional and economic in its make-up. One can also say within certain limitations that "private law" is in the main the topic of the former whereas the latter deals in the main with the "public law".