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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BRIHASPATI.
IX, 29.
session) held by three generations in succession, should be considered as valid, and makes evidence in the decision of a cause.
29. He whose possession has passed through three lives, and is duly substantiated by a written title, cannot be deprived of it; such possession is equal to the gift of the Veda.
30. He whose possession has passed through three lives and has been inherited from his ancestors, cannot be deprived of it, unless a previous grant should be in existence in which the same property has been granted to a different person by the king).
31. That possession is valid in law which is uninterrupted and of long standing; interrupted possession even is (recognised as valid), if it has been substantiated by an ancestor.
32. A witness prevails over inference; a writing prevails over witnesses ; undisturbed possession which has passed through three lives prevails over both.
33. When an event (forming the subject of a plaint) has occurred long ago, and no witnesses are forthcoming, he should examine indirect witnesses, or he should administer oaths, or should try artifice.
29. Smritik. yasya tripurusha bhuktih samyag lekhyasamanvità evamvidha brahmadeyâ hartum tasya na sakyate | The 'gift of the Veda,' i.e. instruction is mentioned as an instance of an inalienable gift.
30. Smritik. yasya tripurushâ bhuktih paramparyakramâgatâ i na så kälayitum sakyâ pûrvakâk khâsanad rite 11
31. Smritik. bhuktir balavati sastre, py avikkhinna kirantanî vikkhinnapi hi sâ gñeyâ yâ tu purvaprasadhitâ II 'If it has been substantiated by an ancestor,' i.e. if a previous possessor has adduced a legitimate title. 32. Raghunandana, p. 49.
33. Vîram. p. 223.
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