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The Institutes of Vishnu (Vishnu-Smriti) (SBE Vol. 7)

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THE INSTITUTES OF VISHNU

TRANSLATED BY JULIUS JOLLY

Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 7

Oxford, the Clarendon Press

[1880]

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.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIV.

XLV.

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.

LXXII.

LXXIII.

LXXIV.

LXXV.

LXXVI.

LXXVII.

LXXVIII.

LXXIX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXIII.

LXXXIV.

LXXXV.

LXXXVI.

LXXXVII.

LXXXVIII.

LXXXIX.

XC.

XCI.

XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

Meditation on Vishnu

XCVII.

XCVIII.

XCIX.

C.

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