cond book, where therefore they
are inserted, according to their subject.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 10: This is the general subject and title of the first book;
but the following slokas are selected as introductory of and with
reference to civil and municipal law.]

[Footnote 11: Pre-eminent, divine sages; probably the great Rishis,
the first-created of Brahma, mentioned in the opening verse of Manu.

In the third book (sl. 186--189) two classes of Munis are described,
of whom one, after blessed experience of Heaven, return to Earth, and
the other are to continue in the abodes of bliss until the destruction
of the universe. These latter are the publishers of the Vedas,
Upanishads, Sutras, Puranas, in fine of all records of knowledge
through the medium of language.]

[Footnote 12: These (according to Hindu notions) have withdrawn their
senses from external things by, as it were, mental concentration,
fixing the thoughts, without change or wavering, upon the soul in its
relations with the Supreme Being.]

[Footnote 13: _viz._--the _brahmachari_, the student of the Vedas,

the _grihastha_, the head of a family.

the _vanaprastha_, who has retired from active life, to the forest.

the _sanyasi_, whose duty it is to pass his time in meditating upon
Brahma, so as to attain to the state of a Yogi.]

[Footnote 14: _i. e._ the mixed casts. (_M._)]

[Footnote 15: Manu, ch. 2, sl. 23.]

[Footnote 16: The Commentator explains this by a word which signifies
cause or source.]

[Footnote 17: IV. _Vedas_, of which there are four, each being divided
into _sanhita_ and _brahmana._

V. _Puranas_, these (of which there are 18) treat of the origin and
destruction of the world, mythological stories and genealogies, and
the doings of the early Hindu monarchs.

VI. _Nyaya_, one of the six orthodox systems of Hindu philosophy,
treating especially of logic and dialectics.

VII. _Mimansa_, there are two Mimansas: the first (_purva_) treats
of the rules of duty, as derived from the Vedas, the second or
subsequent (_uttara_) treats of Brahma, the universal cause and soul.

VIII. _Dharma Sastras_, _viz._ Manu, Yajnavalkya, &c., the
subject being divided into, 1. Ritual and moral conduct (_achara_); 2.
Law and judicature (_vyavahara_); 3. Expiations (_prayaschitta_).

XIV. _Angas_, six treatises, _viz._, pronunciation, grammar,
prosody, explanation of obscure terms, religious rites, astronomy.
These are considered appendants of th