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EARLIEST TRANSLATION OF MANU'S HINDU LAW BOOK IN ENGLISH

Lot No. 2: HALHED, NATHANIEL BRASSEY (TRANSLATOR & EDITOR)

A CODE OF GENTOO LAWS OR ORDINATIONS OF THE PUNDITS

  • Medium: Printed Book
  • Year: 1781
  • Size: 10.7 x 8.3 inches

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 2,00,000 -  4,00,000


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2400-4800

Ends at Feb 27, 2025 07:01 PM IST

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HALHED, NATHANIEL BRASSEY (TRANSLATOR & EDITOR)

A CODE OF GENTOO LAWS OR ORDINATIONS OF THE PUNDITS

FROM A PERSIAN TRANSLATION MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL WRITTEN IN THE SHANSCRIT LANGUAGE.

Year: 1781

Size: 27 x 21 cm (10.7 x 8.3 inches)

Second Edition, Large 8vo, PP- cxx+284+4.

Second edition of the first work in English describing the principles of Hindu jurisprudence, digesting Sanscrit law; translated by Halhed.
Contemporary full tree calf leather with later matching spine, re-cased. Good for its age.

The English orientalist. Halhed studied Arabic at Christ Church Oxford. and obtaining a writership in the East India Companys service he went to India, where he attracted the notice of Warren Hastings. The Gentoo code, or Vivadarnavasetu, a digest of Sanskrit law-books, had been compiled by eleven Brahmans at the request of Hastings, to govern civil disputes in British courts. and at his suggestion Halhed translated it from the Persian. Halhed was also apparently the first European to call attention to the affinity between Sanskrit and Persian, Arabic, Latin and Greek.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
Very Good Condition
Nickname Amount(Rs) Type Date & Time(IST)
1 anon0104 217800.00 Regular 27-02-2025 06:02:27 PM IST
2 anon0142 198000.00 Regular 27-02-2025 01:02:28 PM IST
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