| 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.