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Vyavahārakānda
Dr. Jolly's edition of the Narada Smrti. Our copy of the Vyavahāra-kalpa- . This is obviously an interpolation as taru has been made from the manus. 'theft' does not appear amongst itscript of the Saraswati Bhuvana Library eighteen titles and theft has not only in Benares. It extends from the begin. been treated in the section on 'felony' in ' ning to the middle of the chapter on the current versions of the Narada Sim. Vivada. The original Ms. being Smrti and the Naradiyamanusamhita incomplete our copy also is naturally of the T. S. S., but there is an express incomplete. From the chapter on Simastatement in Narada-smrti (14/12) to the | vivāda onwards to the end, our copy has effect that theft' is a variety of felony'. been made from the Bikaner State LibraNārada includes adultery' in his title onry Ms.; which lacks only last three or duties of men and women! He futher four folios. All references to and v.l. for sub-divides the eighteen main titles into the texts from the section on Sīmăvivada one hundred and thirtytwo sub-titles. are naturally to the Bikaner State Libra'Disputes between master and herdsinan' ry copy. Both the copies are corrupt and and 'miscellaneous' do not find a place in from the extracts from Vyavabärathe enumeration of Brhaspati. The kalpataru which occur in Vivādaratnānumber eighteen is specifically men. kara, Smrtisāra, Vivādacintamani, Dantioned in Manu. (8-147: Dharmakos'a daviveka. Saraswati. Vilasa, Viramitro; Vol. I, Part I, p. 8, 9), Nárada (1/16-9 daya and Balambhatti; it appears that the Dharınakos'a Vol. I, Part I, p. 14) Bpha- commentary on the Smrti-passages has spati (Dharmakos'a Vol. I, Part I, p. 17). been dropped in several places. On the Katyāyana (Dharmakos'a, Vol.I, Part I, other hand some passages which have p. 18) and Agnipurāņa (253/131, Dharma- been quoted from Vyavahārakalpataru kos'a Vol. I, Part I, p. 19; while the titles in these works are to be found in neither themselves have been specifically men- of the Mss.. Quotations from the Kal. tioned in Arthas'astra, (1/1, Dharmakos'a pataru contained in these works have Vol. I, Part I, p. 7-8) Manu, Nārada, been cited by us under the respective Bphaspati aud Agnipurāņa. The Mäna. headings. sollăsa has numbered the titles of law
It was after our section on the as twentytwo and has specifically men
Vyavahāramātskā and the section on the tioned them (Vide Dharmakos'a Vol. I
Vivādapadāni upto the sub-section KraPart I, p.19). The author of the Mitakşara
yavikrayānus'aya had been printed that also is of the opinion that there need
we could secure a copy of the Madana. not be any definite order observed in the
ratna from the Bikaner State Library and arrangement of the titles, cf. 749EITTERAT
hence references to and v.l. for the परस्परहेतुहेतुमद्भावाभावात् 'तेषामाद्यमृणादानं' इत्यादि
Madanaratna have been given only from 488 a faina: 1 (TÀNIAI 2/159).
the sub-section on Kraya vikrayānus aya According to Brhaspati the titles of onwards. In some places quotations laware of two kinds, one originating in from the commentary also have been wealth and the other in injuries, mean. included. As there were not additional ing thereby that in the first kind proper Smrti.passages and v.1. to be recorded decision of the property disputes is the from the remaining portion of the Madamain purpose and punishment is subordi- naratná it was not found necessary to nate; while in the second, punishment is add an appendix about them. The Ms. predominant. We have also adhered to of the Madanaratna must be in complete, this division while classifying the titles. since our copy extends only upto the