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THE THIRTEENTH LECTURE.
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ol religion. 1 have dwelt on these topics because they
are the beatfon lights of i nterpreting the sense of
rdubious passages. «Tn the tenth lecture 1 have dealt
with the very important4 subject of the administration
of the Hindu Law sincfe the beginning,,of the British
rule.' Having.selected a few important'subjects, I have
shown*to you in this lecture in a cursory manner how
the British Courts have interpreted the Hindu Law and
how in some cases their decisions are in conformity
with the old Hindu rules of interpretation ; although'id
some, and that too*oi^<vital points, their interpretation is
not supportable by the orthodox Mimansa principles.
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After these three lectures of great practical importance
mz.} lectures VIII, IX and X I have fallen back on certaivi
‘ topics, which are somewhat of a theoritfcal importance.
So the eleventhlecture is devoted to a regular comparison
bet weed the Mimansa system and the modern English
svstem of interoretation. In the earlv lectures no
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opportunity had been lost to .point to the correspondence
between particular 'princip'ies of the one system to those
of the other. But this having been done in a straggling
and incidental manner, ft was desirable to show the
resemblance or otherwise of the .two systems in a
regular and collected shape. In this lecture at the
outset I undertook «a comparison between certain
important Roman . maxims and the corresponding
provisions pf the Mimansa Shastra.
The twelvth lecture is a fuller presentation of certain
Mimansa topics, already touc'ned, upon in the intro-
* ductory lecture. The archaic fond in which tho
IVfimansa writings present matters, renders repitition
in some cases*necessary in order to make* one familiar
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5~7^
ol religion. 1 have dwelt on these topics because they
are the beatfon lights of i nterpreting the sense of
rdubious passages. «Tn the tenth lecture 1 have dealt
with the very important4 subject of the administration
of the Hindu Law sincfe the beginning,,of the British
rule.' Having.selected a few important'subjects, I have
shown*to you in this lecture in a cursory manner how
the British Courts have interpreted the Hindu Law and
how in some cases their decisions are in conformity
with the old Hindu rules of interpretation ; although'id
some, and that too*oi^<vital points, their interpretation is
not supportable by the orthodox Mimansa principles.
(
After these three lectures of great practical importance
mz.} lectures VIII, IX and X I have fallen back on certaivi
‘ topics, which are somewhat of a theoritfcal importance.
So the eleventhlecture is devoted to a regular comparison
bet weed the Mimansa system and the modern English
svstem of interoretation. In the earlv lectures no
• * * ' i'
opportunity had been lost to .point to the correspondence
between particular 'princip'ies of the one system to those
of the other. But this having been done in a straggling
and incidental manner, ft was desirable to show the
resemblance or otherwise of the .two systems in a
regular and collected shape. In this lecture at the
outset I undertook «a comparison between certain
important Roman . maxims and the corresponding
provisions pf the Mimansa Shastra.
The twelvth lecture is a fuller presentation of certain
Mimansa topics, already touc'ned, upon in the intro-
* ductory lecture. The archaic fond in which tho
IVfimansa writings present matters, renders repitition
in some cases*necessary in order to make* one familiar
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