Sacred Texts Hinduism

THE INSTITUTES OF VISHNU

TRANSLATED BY JULIUS JOLLY

Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 7

Oxford, the Clarendon Press

[1880]

Title Page
Contents
Introduction
    Vishnu and the Goddess of the Earth
I.
    The Four Castes
II.
    Duties of a King
III.
    Weights and Measures
IV.
    Criminal and Civil Law
V.
    Law of Debt
VI.
    Writings
VII.
    Witnesses
VIII.
    Ordeals
IX.
X.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
XIV.
    Inheritance
XV.
XVI.
XVII.
XVIII.
    Funeral Ceremonies
XIX.
XX.
    Funeral Oblations
XXI.
    Impurity
XXII.
XXIII.
    Women
XXIV.
XXV.
XXVI.
    Sacraments
XXVII.
XXVIII.
XXIX.
XXX.
XXXI.
XXXII.
    Crimes
XXXIII.
XXXIV.
XXXV.
XXXVI.
XXXVII.
XXXVIII.
XXXIX.
XL.
XLI.
XLII.
    Hells
XLIII.
    Transmigration
XLIV.
XLV.
    Penances
XLVI.
XLVII.
XLVIII.
XLIX.
L.
LI.
LII.
LIII.
LIV.
LV.
LVI.
LVII.
    Duties of a Householder
LVIII.
LIX.
LX.
LXI.
LXII.
LXIII.
LXIV.
LXV.
LXVI.
LXVII.
LXVIII.
LXIX.
LXX.
    Rules for a Snâtaka
LXXI.
    Self-restraint
LXXII.
    Srâddhas
LXXIII.
LXXIV.
LXXV.
LXXVI.
LXXVII.
LXXVIII.
LXXIX.
LXXX.
LXXXI.
LXXXII.
LXXXIII.
LXXXIV.
LXXXV.
LXXXVI.
    Pious Gifts
LXXXVII.
LXXXVIII.
LXXXIX.
XC.
XCI.
XCII.
XCIII.
    The Hermit
XCIV.
XCV.
    The Ascetic
XCVI.
    Meditation on Vishnu
XCVII.
    Conclusion
XCVIII.
XCIX.
C.
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