CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION	ix
Vishnu and the Goddess of the Earth	1
The Four Castes	12
Duties of a King	13
Weights and Measures	23
Criminal and Civil Law	24
Law of Debt	42
Writings	46
Witnesses	48
Ordeals	52
Inheritance	61
Funeral Ceremonies	75
Funeral Oblations	83
Impurity	87
Women	106
Sacraments	112
Studentship	116
Crimes	131
Hells	140
Transmigration	144
Penances	149
Duties of a Householder	189
Rules for a Snâtaka	224
Self-restraint	231
Srâddhas	232
Pious Gifts	263
The Hermit	276
The Ascetic	279
Meditation on Vishnu	287
Conclusion	291
General Index	303
Sanskrit Index	307
Additions and Corrections	312
Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East	313

LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ABBREVIATIONS.

Âpast.--Âpastamba's Dharma-sûtra, ed. Bühler.

Âsv.--Âsvalâyana's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Stenzler.

Gaut.--Gautama's Dharmasâstra, ed. Stenzler.

Gobh.--Gobhila's Grihya-sûtra, in the Bibl. Ind.

M.--Mânava Dharmasâstra, Calcutta edition, with the Commentary of Kullûka.

Nand.--Nandapandita, the commentator of the Vishnu-sûtra.

Pâr.--Pâraskara's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Stenzler.

Sânkh.--Sânkhâyana's Grihya-sûtra, ed. Oldenberg, in the fifteenth volume of the Indische Studien.

Y.--Yâgñavalkya's Dharmasâstra, ed. Stenzler.

Âpast. and Gaut. refer also to Dr. Bühler's translation of these two works in the second volume of the Sacred Books of the East.