Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: L H Mills
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1887
Total Pages: 2618
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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II, 32.
GENERAL RULES OF PROCEDURE.
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sidered as (a decision based on) the issue of the case. Moral law is overruled by it.
26. When a decision is passed in accordance with local custom, logic, or the opinion of the traders (living in that town), the issue of the case is overruled by it.
27. Where the king, disregarding established usage, passes a sentence (according to his own inclination), it is (called) an edict from the king, and local custom is overruled by it.
28. The time-honoured institutions of each country, caste, and family should be preserved intact ; otherwise the people would rise in rebellion; the subjects would become disaffected towards their rulers; and the army and treasure would be destroyed.
29. The maternal uncle's daughter is taken in marriage among the twice-born inhabitants of the South. In the central country (Madhyadesa), they become labourers or artizans, and eat cows.
30. The inhabitants of the East are fish-eaters, and their women engage in promiscuous intercourse. In the North the women take intoxicating drinks, and in their courses have intercourse with men.
31. The people of Khasa marry the widow of a brother who has died. These men are not subject to the performance of a penance or to punishment on account of any such offence.
32. Thus has legal procedure with its manifold
28–31. Viram. p. 29; May. p. 5. I read pûrve for sarve in 30, with Mayukha, Kalpataru, and other compilations. Baudhayana I, 2, 1-7.
32. Smritik. evam kânekadhâ prokto vyavahâro manîshibhih i tasya nirnayakrid rågå brâhmanas ka bahusrutah 11
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