The minor law books: The minor law books (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889)

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NARADA.

24. ‘ Law of inheritance ’ consists of nineteen divi-
sions ; ‘ heinous offences ’ of twelve ; of both ‘ abuse ’
and ‘ assault ’ there are three divisions ;
25. ‘ Gambling with dice and betting on animals’
has a single division; ‘ miscellaneous ’ has six divi-
sions. Thus, adding up all these branches (of the
principal titles of law), there are one hundred and
thirty-two of them.

12. management of the property of a deceased or absent brother;
13. work done by one to whom the management of the family
property has been entrusted, &c.; 14. decision in the case of a
contested partition; 15. enumeration of the divers kinds of sons.
[There ought to be nineteen subdivisions of the law of inheritance,
instead of fifteen. That number might be obtained by counting
each reason of exclusion from inheritance as a separate division.]
14. Heinous offences.
1. What constitutes a heinous offence; 2. punishments ordained
for heinous offences; 3. robbery; 4. distinction between articles
of inferior, middling, and superior value; 5, 6. the two kinds of
robbers; 7. seizure of robbers; 8. granting food or shelter (to
thieves), &c.; 9. thieves; 10. punishment of heinous offences and
larceny; 11. tracing a thief by the foot-marks; 12. confiscation of
the property 'of thieves or others, when the stolen goods have not
been recovered.
15, 16. Abuse and assault.
1. Abuse; 2. assault; 3. punishments ordained for both offences.
17. Gambling with dice, and betting on animals.
18. Miscellaneous.
1. Protection of the (four) castes and (four) orders by the king
in person; 2. dignity of a king; 3. maintenance of Brahmans by
the king; 4. authorisation from the king to bestow one’s property
(on Brahmans); 5. description of the various modes of subsistence
permitted to a Brahman ; 6. eight things worthy of reverence.
It should be noted that Asahaya himself, in the sequel of his
commentary, does not adhere strictly to this division, and gives