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A Digest of Hindu Law, on Contracts and Successions

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An honorary professor of Sanskrit and Hindu law at Fort William College in Calcutta, and a key figure in the foundation of the Royal Asiatic Society, Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837) became Britain's foremost orientalist during the early nineteenth century. Taking up the reins of Sanskrit scholarship following the death of Sir William Jones (1746–94), Colebrooke made several substantial contributions to Indic study. Through seminal publications such as a grammar of Sanskrit and an extended article on the Vedas, he provided unprecedented access to one of the world's oldest languages and some of its oldest texts. Published in 1801, this three-volume translation of Brahman law was based on a Sanskrit compilation prepared by a pandit, Jagannatha Tercapanchanana, whose learned commentary is also featured in the work. Volume 3 continues with inheritance law, covering adoption (of sons) and bequeathal rights relating to daughters.

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Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society

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: Cambridge University Press., 2014

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English

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9781139519823

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text

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computer

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online resource

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Subject(s)

Area Studies, South Asian History
Law, Asian Studies, History
Legal History,

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Henry Thomas Colebrooke

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Arin

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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139519823

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Volume 3

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