consent but his sapinda’s consent. The Privy Council‚ after tracing the evolution of the various Schools of Hindu law‚ held that Hindu law should be administered from clear proof of usage which will outweigh the written text of law. Based on the Smriti Chandrika and Prasara Madhviya‚ the Privy Council concluded that in the Dravida School‚ in the absense of authority from the husband‚ a widow may adopt a son with the assent of his
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imperfection of humans and their interference with tradition: "What the authors of the various smritis have said about women can in no wise be defended...My attempt is to show that the imperfection of the smritis comes from interpolated passages‚ that is to say‚ verses inserted by persons accepted as smritikaras [authors of smritis] in the period of our degeneration. It is easy to demonstrate the grandeur of the smritis minus these verses." (128) Looking at this passage we can clearly see that Ghandi believes
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important sacred text of Hinduism is called the Vedas. It consists of four Veda texts in which the other texts of Hinduism are based around. Hindus base their lives around the four goals. Hindus divide their scripture into two categories: Shruti and Smriti. The Shruti is the primary revelation which has no human or divine author but has been passed on by Rishi’s‚ which are ancient holy men that first heard the sound of truth (Van Voorst). They started to pass down these sounds of truths orally to
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On Saturday 19th of may a group of students went to represent the College at the Duke of Yorks cup for athletics. There was a lot of effort put in by everyone‚ with people doing events they are unfamiliar with and succeding at it. A few of the outstanding first place winners were Toby Udofia‚ Moshope‚ and Sarita Gurung. Although we did not come out first place everyone in the team should be credited on their team spirit and great performance. In tennis the under 14 team started their season with
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Hindu Religious Traditions Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the Hindu religion. The paper will describe what the Hindu religious traditions consist of. It will describe what sacred elements characterize the Hindu religious traditions and their significance and meaning. Hindu Religion Hinduism is the described as the world’s oldest organized religion and is the world’s third largest religion. Hinduism consists of "thousands of different religious groups that have evolved
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thousands of years the relations amongst the castes and their sub-castes have been governed by religious and moral laws - the most influential of them is a compilation called Manu Dharma Sastra or the Manu Smriti‚ believed to have been written around the beginning of the Common Era. The Manu Smriti says that the first part of a Brahmin’s name should denote something auspicious‚ that a Kshatriya’s name should be connected with power‚ and that a Vaishya’s name should denote wealth. The first part of
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THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY ANANYA MISHRA 214026 ON THE TOPIC DHARMA‚ ITS TYPES AND MODERN POLITICS IN THE MONSOON SEMESTER OF 2015-16 Introduction In Hinduism‚ dharma is the religious and moral law governing individual conduct and is one of the four ends of life. In addition to the dharma that applies to everyone (sadharana dharma)—consisting of truthfulness‚ non-injury‚ and generosity‚ among other virtues—there is also a specific dharma (svadharma) to be followed
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NEWS LETTER FOGSI-LUPIN- Save the Girl Child Dear FOGSIANS‚ Greetings for the New Year. As the New Year dawns‚ our country stands poised to touch new heights on all fronts‚ but unfortunately the women of India still continue to suffer from "discrimination". The girl child is still underprivileged and neglected and unwanted. As professionals caring for the women only‚ we FOGSIANS also have a huge social responsibility to change the Indian Scenario. If we are aiming to save our
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Ramayana Ramayana‚ in Sanskrit means march or journey. It is part of the Hindu smriti written by Valmiki. The smriti is secondary in authority to the shruti. The Ramayana consists of 24‚000 verses spanning seven books. It is believed to be written between the 4th and 2nd century B.C. The first book is called The Book of Youth; it is mostly about Ram. He is the oldest son in the kingdom born to King Dasarath and Queen Kausalya. Both Ram and Lakshman (one of the twin born to Queen Kaikeyi) are sent
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