Hinduism
SBE 14: Contents
CONTENTS.
| | PAGE |
| INTRODUCTION TO VASISHTHA | xi |
| INTRODUCTION TO BAUDHÂYANA | xxix |
| VÂSISHTHA DHARMASÂSTRA | |
| General Rules | 1 |
| Four Castes | 9 |
| Lawful Occupations | 11 |
| Duty of Studying the Veda | 17 |
| Definitions | 19 |
| Purification | 21 |
| Origin of Castes | 25 |
| Impurity | 27 |
| Women | 31 |
| Rule of Conduct | 34 |
| Studentship | 40 |
| Householder | 42 |
| Hermit | 45 |
| Ascetic | 46 |
| Guests | 49 |
| Srâddhas | 51 |
| Sacrifices | 56 |
| Initiation | 57 |
| Snâtaka | 59 |
| Study of the Veda | 63 |
| Saluting | 67 |
| Lawful and Forbidden Food | 69 |
| Adoption | 75 |
| Excommunication | 77 |
| Legal Procedure | 79 |
| p. viii | |
| | PAGE |
| Inheritance | 84 |
| Mixed Castes | 93 |
| Duties of a King | 96 |
| Penances | 102 |
| Secret Penances | 124 |
| Gifts | 136 |
| BAUDHÂYANA DHARMASÂSTRA. | |
| Sources of the Law | 143 |
| Different Customs | 146 |
| Studentship | 149 |
| Snâtaka | 158 |
| Waterpot | 160 |
| Purification | 164 |
| Lawful Livelihood | 175 |
| Impurity | 177 |
| Inheritance | 178 |
| Impurity | 180 |
| Forbidden Food | 184 |
| Sacrifices | 186 |
| Castes | 196 |
| The King | 199 |
| Criminal Law | 201 |
| Witnesses | 202 |
| Marriage | 205 |
| Veda-Study | 208 |
| Penances | 211 |
| Inheritance | 224 |
| Women | 231 |
| Householder | 237 |
| Snâtaka | 238 |
| The Twilight Devotions | 245 |
| Bathing | 249 |
| Tarpana | 252 |
| Mahâyagñas | 256 |
| p. ix | |
| | PAGE |
| The Four Orders | 258 |
| The Offering to the Vital Airs | 262 |
| Eating | 264 |
| Srâddhas | 266 |
| The Procreation of Sons | 271 |
| Ascetic | 273 |
| Ways of Living for Householders | 284 |
| Hermits | 291 |
| Penances for a Student | 294 |
| Aghamarshana | 296 |
| Prasritiyâvaka | 297 |
| Kûshmândas | 300 |
| Kândrâyana | 303 |
| Anasnatpârâyana | 307 |
| Penances | 310 |
| Secret Penances | 320 |
| Rites securing Success | 323 |
| Parisishta on Adoption | 334 |
| INDEX TO PARTS I AND II (Vols. II and XIV) | 337 |
| Additions and Corrections | 355 |
| Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East | 357 |