...most complete system of Hindu law, Bocinl, moral, and religious, now known, it says: "When a Brahman springs to light he is born above the world, the chief of creatures; whatever exists in the universe is all, in effect, the wealth of the Brahman, since he is...

...universal law is proclaimed, the spirit of which pervades the whole code. This law calmly lays down that whatever exists in the universe is all, in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahmins ; since the Brahmin is entitled to it all by his primogeniture and eminence of birth. The...

...justice; for the Brahman is born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness. ' ' When a Brahman springs to light, he is born above the world, the...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. "The Brahman who studies this book, having performed sacred rites, is perpetually free from offence-...

...5:5. 2 Isaiah 5 : 8. 3 Lee, Historical Jurisprudence, p. 16. 4 Ibid., pp. 20-30. 5 Ibid., p. 32. ever exists in the universe is all in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahman, since the Brahman is entitled to it all by his primogeniture and eminence of birth."1 The...

...justice; for the Brahman is born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness. " When a Brahman springs to light, he is born above the world, the...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. " The Brahman who studies this book, having performed sacred rites, is perpetually free from offence...

...emphatic witness : The very birth of Brahmans is a constant incarnation of Dharma. . . . When a Brahman springs to light he is born above the world, the chief...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. Whatever exists in the world is all in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahman, since...

...body of unwritten customs law, the supremacy of the Brahman is fully established : " When a Brahman springs to light he is born above the world, the chief...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. Whatever exists in the world is all, in effect though not hi form, the wealth of the Brahman, since...

...born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness. " 90. When a Brahman springs to light, bt Is born above the world, the chief of all creatures;...and civil. " 100. Whatever exists in the universe Is in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahman ; *ince the Brahman is entitled to it by,...

...the Brdh' man is born to promote justice, and to procure ulti' mate happiness. 99. ' When a Brahman springs to light, he is born ' above the world, the...in effect, ' though not in form, the wealth of the Brahman ; since ' the Brahman is entitled to it all by his primogeniture ' and eminence of birth :...

..."Code of Manu," one of the most ancient Hindu law-books: "When a Brahman springs to light he is borne above the world, the chief of all creatures, assigned...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. Whatever exists in the universe is all, in effect though not in form, the wealth of the Brahman, since...