Review: Hindu Law of Inheritance, tr. Gopalchandra Sarkar

The first reprint in India of the text and translation of the Hindu Law of Inheritance-Dayabhāga,' as in the Viramitrodaya of Mitramiśra fulfils the long-felt need of scholars, jurists and also students in this country. The reprint, coming as it does 110 years after its first publica tion remains useful as a valued work of

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सरकार द्वारा अनूदित मित्रमिश्र के वीरमित्रोदय के दायभाग अंश का पहला भारतीय पुनर्मुद्रण, मूल प्रकाशन के एक सौ दस वर्ष बाद; यह अंश जीमूतवाहन के बंगाल सम्प्रदाय के विरुद्ध मिताक्षरा का समर्थन करता है। अहस्ताक्षरित समीक्षक अनुवादक की सराहना करते हैं कि उन्होंने कठिन पाठ को विषयवार अध्यायों में बाँटा। The first Indian reprint, a hundred and ten years on, of Sarkar's text and translation of the Dāyabhāga section of Mitramiśra's Vīramitrodaya, which defends Mitākṣarā inheritance law against Jīmūtavāhana's Bengal school. The unsigned reviewer praises the translator for dividing a difficult text into topical chapters.

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