The legal orders of the Indian religious traditions: Hindu law, with its textual source in the Smriti literature of the dharma tradition, and Jain law, which governs the community of that faith. A legal system belongs here when its cited article describes the law of the Hindu or Jain tradition or one of its textual sources. It excludes the modern statutes of India, which sit under other families. Buddhist monastic rules sit elsewhere.
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Jain Law (Wikipedia)
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Jain law or Jaina law is the modern interpretation of ancient Jain law that consists of rules for adoption, marriage, succession and death prescribed for the followers of Jainism.
Smriti (Wikipedia)
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'what is remembered'), also spelled smriti or smruti, is a body of Hindu texts representing the remembered, written tradition in Hinduism, rooted in or inspired by the Vedas.
Hindu law (Wikipedia)
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Hindu law, as a historical term, refers to the code of laws applied to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in British India.
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