Sinopsis
Excerpt from Notes on Buddhist Law, Vol. 7: Inheritance and Partition
IN the fifth Of this series of notes on Buddhist law we have published a translation of the law.of inheritance as stated in the Oldest Dhammathat yet procurable, I mean -the Wagaru; and another of the Waunana, a code which is estimated at the highest value by Colonel Sladen, Colonel Browne, and Mr. Ire land as an authoritative treatise on the law of the Burmans. In editing the Wonnana I took occasion to compareits provi Sions with those of the Hindu lawn-and also the Menu Km as translated by Dr. Richardson and interpreted by the Court of the Judicial Commissioner. Dr. Forchhammer has since' advised. Me to put forth a translation of the tammam'ldsa, an advice to which I attended as soon as I had prepared the Mohwm'cchedani, being-the sixth Of this series, for the Press. The value of the Dhammavildsa to the student _oi Burmese law can be gathered from the following remarks Of Dr. Forch har'nmer: The Dhammavildsa or Dhannnasattapakamnam, by.
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