Yajnavalkya Smriti, trans. by Rai Bah. S. Chandra Vidyarnava
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Yajnavalkya Smriti
With the Commentary of Vijnanesvara Called The Mitaksara and Notes from the Gloss of Balambhatta
Book I: The Achara Adhyaya
Translated by Late Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vidyarnava
Published by The Panini Office, Bhuvaneswari Asrama, Bahadurganj Allababad
Printed by Apurva Krishna Bose, at the Indian Press, 1918.
[PDF HERE]
Contents:
• BOOK FIRST— ACHARA ADHYAYA.
o CHAPTER I. Introduction
Vijnanesvara's salutation
Vijnanesvara's foreword
Visvarupa's Commentary referred to
The question of the sages
The six kinds of Dharma
The territorial jurisdiction
The fourteen sources of Dharma
The eighteen Puranas
The two Bhagavat Puranas
The Upapuranas
The authority of the Puranas
The list of Smritis
The efficient cause of Dharma
The Jnapaka cause of Dharma
The Four-fold evidence of Dharma (verse 7)
The Conflict of Laws
The self-realisation, the highest Dharma (verse 8)
The Legal assembly or Parisad
o CHAPTER II.— The Sacraments and Studentship
The Four Castes (verse 10)
The Twice-born (verse 10)
The Sacraments :—
(a) Garbhadhana
(b) Pumsavana
(c) Simantonnayana
(d) Jata Karma
(e) Nama Karma
(f) Niskraman
(g) Annaprasana
(h) Chudakarana
Painless delivery ceremony
Rules for pregnant women
Rules for their husbands
Birth rite
Adoption
Sasthi Puja
Naming Ceremony
The Secret Name
The Naksatras and Names Table
The Niskraman
Upavesana
Annaprasana
Boring of the Ear
The birthday anniversary
Chudakarana or the tonsure
The Sikha
Apastamba on Upanayana
The Grihya-Sutras on Pumsavana Simantonnayana
The first learning of the Alphabet
The utility of the Sacraments
The time of Upanayana
The duties of Gurus
The study of the Gayatri
The rules of Personal purification
Achamana and its method
Auspicious stars for initiation
Sandhya
Marjana mantras
Surya arghya
Arghya mantras
Tilaka
Pranayama
The Japa of Gayatri
The Mantrachaman
The Gayatri with its Vyahritis and Siras
The various meanings of the Gayatri
The Homa ceremony mantras
Avivadana
The worship of the Guru
Methods of study
The qualifications of the student
The dress of the student, the staff and the sacred thread
The forms of begging
The method of eating
Things prohibited to a Brahmachari
The definitions of the Guru, Acharya, Upadhyaya, Ritvij
The period of studentship
Vratya defined
The Twice-born defined
The Reward of Vedic study
The fruit of Pancha Mahayajna
o CHAPTER III.— On Marriage
The final bath and the teacher's fee
The selection of a bride and External marks
Internal marks
A widow not to be married
Sapinda and non-sapinda
The definition of Sapinda not too wide
The question of step mother and her father's relations
Marriageable age of girls
The gotra and the pravaras
The Sapindahood in marriage
Sapindahood of annloma births
Bhinna gotra Sapindas
A rule of Eugenics
Inter-marriage allowed
The rule about inter-marriage
The eight forms of marriage
The special forms in various kinds of mixed marriage
Persons entitled to give away a girl in marriage
The penalty for broach of promise of marriage
The penalty for concealing the faults of the bride, etc.
Ananyapurva defined
The Niyoga ceremony
The adulteress and her treatment
Women always pure
A rule of purification
The duties of a wife
In praise of Sastriya marriage
The Season
Astrological Seasons and how to get a male child
Other times of conjugal intercourse
Vidhi defined
Niyama defined
Purisankya defined
Women to be honored
The duties of Women
The duties of a wife whose husband is away
General duties of all Women
Duties of a widow
The Sati or Self-immolation
Dharma, its definition
Bhavana, its definition
The duties of a wife
The duties of a husband having many wives
The duties of a widower
Re-marriage of widows
o CHAPTER IV.— On the distinctions of Castes (Varna) and classes (sub-castes)
Anuloma
Pratiloma
Pratilomas and their livelihood
Miscellaneous mixed castes
A summary
Anulomas
Pratilomas
Other mixed castes
Kayasthas
The rise and fall in castes
o CHAPTER V — On the duties of a householder
The beggar
Beef-offering to the honored guest
Annual feast on beef
Should give feast but not hanker after other's feast
The honoring of guests while they depart
The Evening prayer
The Morning duties
The rule of road
The duties of Ksatriyas and Vaisyas
The livelihood of Ksatriyas and Vaisyas
The livelihood of the Sudras
The universal duties of the Twice-born
The universal duties of all men
The Srauta or Vedic rites— the Kamya Karmas
The Nitya or obligatory Srauta Karmas
The niggardliness in feast-giving
The religious house-holder takes no thought of to-morrow
o CHAPTER VI.— On the Vratas to be observed by a Snataka Brahmana
He may take a gift from a King, &c
His other duties
The rules of study commencing
The time of vacation in study
The study holidays
The vows of Snataka
Persons whose food should not be eaten
o CHAPTER VII.— Lawful and Unlawful food
Lawful food for the twice-born
General law of food
o CHAPTER VIII. On the purification of things
The purification of utensils
The purification of Sacrificial Vessels
The purification of Stained Vessels
The purification of Clothes
The purification of Land
The purification of Food smelt by the cow, &c
The purification of Tin, lead, &c
The purification of Water, flesh, &c
The purification of Fire, &c.
o CHAPTER IX. On Gifts
The proper recipients of gifts
The proper Brahmana recipient
Giving of cows, &c., to Brahmanas
An unfit person should not accept gifts
A special rule of gift
A special rule of Cow gift
The fruit of cow gift
The fruit of the gift of the cow and her calf
The fruit of ordinary cow-gift
The equivalents of cow-gift
The fruit of granting land
The fruit of giving house, &c.
The gift of education is the highest
Getting the fruit of gift without giving
Some gifts must always be accepted
What must be accepted
An exception
o CHAPTER X.— On Sraddhas
The times of Sraddhas
The Brahmanas to be invited in the Sraddhas
The Brahmanas to be avoided
The Parvana Sraddha
The Visvedeva Sraddha
The Pitriya Sraddha
The giving of the Aksayya Water
Dismissal of Brahmanas
The Vriddhi Sraddha
The Ekoddista Sraddha
Sapindi Karana
Sapindi Karana of the mother
The deceased mother and the Parvana sraddha
The Uda-Kumbha Sraddha
A doubt
The times of Ekoddista
The place of throwing the Pindas
The different kinds of food offered at Srddha, and their different rewards to the giver
Specific fruit or offering Sraddha on a Specific asterism
o CHAPTER XI.— On the worship of Ganapati
o CHAPTER XII.— On the propitiation of the planets
The graha Yajna
The names of the nine planets
The color and ingredients of puja of planets
The dhyana of the planets
Method of Worship
The Vedic mantras for Samidha Homa, etc.
The Samidh fuel
The number of Samidhs
The Daksina of each planet
The Worship of malefic planets
Special rules for the Kings
o CHAPTER XIII.— The duties of a King
The mental equipment of a King
The external equipment of a Sovereign
The qualifications of a royal purohita
The qualifications of Ritvijs
The special fruit of gift to Brahmanas
The method of acquiring wealth
The deed of gift
Materials and contents of the documents
The residence of the King
The royal officials
Gift of conquests of war
Heaven is the reward of dying in battle
Giving quarters to those who surrender
Inspection of treasury and accounts
Sending the cash to treasury
The three kinds of spies
Rest and review of the army
Evening prayer, hearing report of the spies, &c
Going to bed and rising therefrom with morning duties
The rule for illness
The morning duties of the King
The treatment of various kinds of people
The fruit of good Government
Protection from cheats, etc.
The fruit of not protecting subjects
The King to keep himself informed of the doings of his officials
The fruit of illegal taxation
Conquering and the treatment of conquered subjects
Preserving the manners and customs of the conquered
Concealing the trade secrets
The neighbouring sovereigns
The four modes of obtaining success
The six gunas or six military measures
The time of marching
Destiny and effort
Alliance better than War
The Saptanga of Kingdom
The rod and the evil-doers
The fit and unfit wielders of the rod
The fruits of proper and improper punishments
Evils of unrighteous punishments
Law is no respecter of persons
The fruit of punishing the punishable
The King to try cases
The disciplinary power of the King
The two kinds of punishments— Corporal and pecuniary
The table of weights and measurements
Silver weights and coins
Copper coins
The Scale of punishment
Various kinds of punishment
The regulation of punishment
With the Commentary of Vijnanesvara Called The Mitaksara and Notes from the Gloss of Balambhatta
Book I: The Achara Adhyaya
Translated by Late Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vidyarnava
Published by The Panini Office, Bhuvaneswari Asrama, Bahadurganj Allababad
Printed by Apurva Krishna Bose, at the Indian Press, 1918.
[PDF HERE]
Contents:
• BOOK FIRST— ACHARA ADHYAYA.
o CHAPTER I. Introduction
Vijnanesvara's salutation
Vijnanesvara's foreword
Visvarupa's Commentary referred to
The question of the sages
The six kinds of Dharma
The territorial jurisdiction
The fourteen sources of Dharma
The eighteen Puranas
The two Bhagavat Puranas
The Upapuranas
The authority of the Puranas
The list of Smritis
The efficient cause of Dharma
The Jnapaka cause of Dharma
The Four-fold evidence of Dharma (verse 7)
The Conflict of Laws
The self-realisation, the highest Dharma (verse 8)
The Legal assembly or Parisad
o CHAPTER II.— The Sacraments and Studentship
The Four Castes (verse 10)
The Twice-born (verse 10)
The Sacraments :—
(a) Garbhadhana
(b) Pumsavana
(c) Simantonnayana
(d) Jata Karma
(e) Nama Karma
(f) Niskraman
(g) Annaprasana
(h) Chudakarana
Painless delivery ceremony
Rules for pregnant women
Rules for their husbands
Birth rite
Adoption
Sasthi Puja
Naming Ceremony
The Secret Name
The Naksatras and Names Table
The Niskraman
Upavesana
Annaprasana
Boring of the Ear
The birthday anniversary
Chudakarana or the tonsure
The Sikha
Apastamba on Upanayana
The Grihya-Sutras on Pumsavana Simantonnayana
The first learning of the Alphabet
The utility of the Sacraments
The time of Upanayana
The duties of Gurus
The study of the Gayatri
The rules of Personal purification
Achamana and its method
Auspicious stars for initiation
Sandhya
Marjana mantras
Surya arghya
Arghya mantras
Tilaka
Pranayama
The Japa of Gayatri
The Mantrachaman
The Gayatri with its Vyahritis and Siras
The various meanings of the Gayatri
The Homa ceremony mantras
Avivadana
The worship of the Guru
Methods of study
The qualifications of the student
The dress of the student, the staff and the sacred thread
The forms of begging
The method of eating
Things prohibited to a Brahmachari
The definitions of the Guru, Acharya, Upadhyaya, Ritvij
The period of studentship
Vratya defined
The Twice-born defined
The Reward of Vedic study
The fruit of Pancha Mahayajna
o CHAPTER III.— On Marriage
The final bath and the teacher's fee
The selection of a bride and External marks
Internal marks
A widow not to be married
Sapinda and non-sapinda
The definition of Sapinda not too wide
The question of step mother and her father's relations
Marriageable age of girls
The gotra and the pravaras
The Sapindahood in marriage
Sapindahood of annloma births
Bhinna gotra Sapindas
A rule of Eugenics
Inter-marriage allowed
The rule about inter-marriage
The eight forms of marriage
The special forms in various kinds of mixed marriage
Persons entitled to give away a girl in marriage
The penalty for broach of promise of marriage
The penalty for concealing the faults of the bride, etc.
Ananyapurva defined
The Niyoga ceremony
The adulteress and her treatment
Women always pure
A rule of purification
The duties of a wife
In praise of Sastriya marriage
The Season
Astrological Seasons and how to get a male child
Other times of conjugal intercourse
Vidhi defined
Niyama defined
Purisankya defined
Women to be honored
The duties of Women
The duties of a wife whose husband is away
General duties of all Women
Duties of a widow
The Sati or Self-immolation
Dharma, its definition
Bhavana, its definition
The duties of a wife
The duties of a husband having many wives
The duties of a widower
Re-marriage of widows
o CHAPTER IV.— On the distinctions of Castes (Varna) and classes (sub-castes)
Anuloma
Pratiloma
Pratilomas and their livelihood
Miscellaneous mixed castes
A summary
Anulomas
Pratilomas
Other mixed castes
Kayasthas
The rise and fall in castes
o CHAPTER V — On the duties of a householder
The beggar
Beef-offering to the honored guest
Annual feast on beef
Should give feast but not hanker after other's feast
The honoring of guests while they depart
The Evening prayer
The Morning duties
The rule of road
The duties of Ksatriyas and Vaisyas
The livelihood of Ksatriyas and Vaisyas
The livelihood of the Sudras
The universal duties of the Twice-born
The universal duties of all men
The Srauta or Vedic rites— the Kamya Karmas
The Nitya or obligatory Srauta Karmas
The niggardliness in feast-giving
The religious house-holder takes no thought of to-morrow
o CHAPTER VI.— On the Vratas to be observed by a Snataka Brahmana
He may take a gift from a King, &c
His other duties
The rules of study commencing
The time of vacation in study
The study holidays
The vows of Snataka
Persons whose food should not be eaten
o CHAPTER VII.— Lawful and Unlawful food
Lawful food for the twice-born
General law of food
o CHAPTER VIII. On the purification of things
The purification of utensils
The purification of Sacrificial Vessels
The purification of Stained Vessels
The purification of Clothes
The purification of Land
The purification of Food smelt by the cow, &c
The purification of Tin, lead, &c
The purification of Water, flesh, &c
The purification of Fire, &c.
o CHAPTER IX. On Gifts
The proper recipients of gifts
The proper Brahmana recipient
Giving of cows, &c., to Brahmanas
An unfit person should not accept gifts
A special rule of gift
A special rule of Cow gift
The fruit of cow gift
The fruit of the gift of the cow and her calf
The fruit of ordinary cow-gift
The equivalents of cow-gift
The fruit of granting land
The fruit of giving house, &c.
The gift of education is the highest
Getting the fruit of gift without giving
Some gifts must always be accepted
What must be accepted
An exception
o CHAPTER X.— On Sraddhas
The times of Sraddhas
The Brahmanas to be invited in the Sraddhas
The Brahmanas to be avoided
The Parvana Sraddha
The Visvedeva Sraddha
The Pitriya Sraddha
The giving of the Aksayya Water
Dismissal of Brahmanas
The Vriddhi Sraddha
The Ekoddista Sraddha
Sapindi Karana
Sapindi Karana of the mother
The deceased mother and the Parvana sraddha
The Uda-Kumbha Sraddha
A doubt
The times of Ekoddista
The place of throwing the Pindas
The different kinds of food offered at Srddha, and their different rewards to the giver
Specific fruit or offering Sraddha on a Specific asterism
o CHAPTER XI.— On the worship of Ganapati
o CHAPTER XII.— On the propitiation of the planets
The graha Yajna
The names of the nine planets
The color and ingredients of puja of planets
The dhyana of the planets
Method of Worship
The Vedic mantras for Samidha Homa, etc.
The Samidh fuel
The number of Samidhs
The Daksina of each planet
The Worship of malefic planets
Special rules for the Kings
o CHAPTER XIII.— The duties of a King
The mental equipment of a King
The external equipment of a Sovereign
The qualifications of a royal purohita
The qualifications of Ritvijs
The special fruit of gift to Brahmanas
The method of acquiring wealth
The deed of gift
Materials and contents of the documents
The residence of the King
The royal officials
Gift of conquests of war
Heaven is the reward of dying in battle
Giving quarters to those who surrender
Inspection of treasury and accounts
Sending the cash to treasury
The three kinds of spies
Rest and review of the army
Evening prayer, hearing report of the spies, &c
Going to bed and rising therefrom with morning duties
The rule for illness
The morning duties of the King
The treatment of various kinds of people
The fruit of good Government
Protection from cheats, etc.
The fruit of not protecting subjects
The King to keep himself informed of the doings of his officials
The fruit of illegal taxation
Conquering and the treatment of conquered subjects
Preserving the manners and customs of the conquered
Concealing the trade secrets
The neighbouring sovereigns
The four modes of obtaining success
The six gunas or six military measures
The time of marching
Destiny and effort
Alliance better than War
The Saptanga of Kingdom
The rod and the evil-doers
The fit and unfit wielders of the rod
The fruits of proper and improper punishments
Evils of unrighteous punishments
Law is no respecter of persons
The fruit of punishing the punishable
The King to try cases
The disciplinary power of the King
The two kinds of punishments— Corporal and pecuniary
The table of weights and measurements
Silver weights and coins
Copper coins
The Scale of punishment
Various kinds of punishment
The regulation of punishment