INDEX | Gautama Dharmasūtra
Index of Contents | 8 Parts
Part 1:
SOURCES OF LAW
1. Sources of Law
THE STUDENT
2. Time of Initiation
Student’s Code of Conduct
3. Insignia
4. Purification
5. Rules of Study
6. Uninitiated Children
7. General Rules
8. Conduct towards a Teacher
9. Food
10. Punishment
11. Conclusion of Study
Part 2:
ORDERS OF LIFE
1. Argument of Opponents
2. Student
3. Mendicant
4. Anchorite
5. Author’s Judgement
THE HOUSEHOLDER
6. Marriage
7. Types of Marriage
8. Mixed Classes
9. Sons
10. Rules of Sexual Intercourse
11. Ritual Duties
12. Gifts
13. Guests
14. Salutation
15. Rules of Precedence
16. Times of Adversity
17. Brahmin and the King
18. Sacramentary Rites
19. Virtues
Part 3:
THE BATH-GRADUATE
1. The Bath-Graduate
(snātaka)
Part 4:
Occupations of the 4 Classes
1. Brahmin
2. King and Kṣatriya
3. War
4. Taxes
5. Ownership
6. Vaiśya and Śūdra
THE KING
7. The King
8. Judicial Process
9. Punishment
Criminal and Civil Law
10. Abuse and Assault
11. Theft
12. Property Damage
13. Rates of Interest
14. Ownership
15. Debts
16. Punishment
17. Witnesses
Part 5:
IMPURITY
1. Death Impurity
2. Contact with a Corpse
3. Contact with Impure Persons
4. Libations to the Deceased
5. Immediate Purification
ANCESTRAL OFFERINGS
6. Ancestral Offerings
7. Quality of Invitees
8. Types of Food
9. Unfit Invitees
10. Sexual Abstinence
11. Pollution and Remedies
Annual Course of Study
12. Annual Course of Study
13. Suspension of Vedic Recitation
Part 6:
FOOD
1. Food Transactions
2. Unfit Food
3. Forbidden Food
WOMEN AND MARRIAGE
4. Duties of a Wife
5. Levirate
6. To Whom Belongs a Son
7. Remarriage of a Wife
8. Marriage of a Younger Brother
9. Time of Marriage for Girls
10. Legitimate Seizure of Property
Part 7:
PENANCES
1. Penances
2. Justification of Penance
3. General Penances
4. Excommunication from Caste
5. Contact with an Outcaste
6. Readmission into Caste
Sins Causing Loss of Caste
7. Grievous Sins
8. Consequences
of Falling from Caste
9. Expiations
10. Fall of Women
11. Sins Similar to Grievous Sins
12. Secondary Sins
13. Other Sins
14. Description of Penances
15. Killing Humans and Animals
16. Adultery, Drinking, and Other Sins
17. Incestuous Sex
18. Illicit Sex
19. Breaking the Vow of Chastity
20. Miscellaneous Sins
21. Eating Improper Food
22. Sins of Speech
23. Illicit Sex
24. Secret Penances
25. Arduous Penances
26. Lunar Penance
Part 8:
INHERITANCE
1. Inheritance
2. Appointed Daughter
3. Property of a Sonless Man
4. Levirate
5. Women’s Property
6. Inheritance after Partition
7. Estates of Coparceners
8. Legal Heirs
Resolving Doubts
Regarding the Law
9. Resolving Doubts
Regarding the Law