FAMILY LAW
SOURCES OF
HINDU LAW. ANCIENT/PRIMARY SOURCES
SHRUTI
CUSTOMS
Shruti means something which has been heard. The word is derived from “Shru” which means to ‘hear’.
It means the words of law pronounced by the divine God and heard by our holy sages. The sages further passed on this knowledge to the common people and it became the law of the land.
In theory, it is considered as a supreme and paramount source of Hindu law and is believed the language of gods through the sages.
It refers to those traditions, activities and practices which the people are following for a very long time and over time they received the force of law. The main objective behind this source of law is that if the people are following a particular custom and it does not possess any harm to society, then the state should recognise them legally.+
SMRITI
The word Smriti is derived from the Sanskrit word “Smri” which means to remember.
In simple language, Smriti refers to those words of God, which the sages forget to tell in their original form and these words were remembered by the sages and they wrote down in their own The Smritis are mainly of two types namely, Dharmashastras and Dharmasutras.
In Dharmashastra, our moral code of conduct is stated whereas, in Dharmasutras, the rule regarding government, population, economic affair, etc is mentioned.
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FAMILY LAW
SOURCES OF HINDU LAW. ANCIENT/PRIMARY SOURCES
SHRUTI
CUSTOMS
Shruti means something which has been heard. The word is derived from “Shru” which means to ‘hear’. It means the words of law pronounced by the divine God and heard by our holy sages. The sages further passed on this knowledge to the common people and it became the law of the land. In theory, it is considered as a supreme and paramount source of Hindu law and is believed the language of gods through the sages.
It refers to those traditions, activities and practices which the people are following for a very long time and over time they received the force of law. The main objective behind this source of law is that if the people are following a particular custom and it does not possess any harm to society, then the state should recognise them legally.+
SMRITI
The word Smriti is derived from the Sanskrit word “Smri” which means to remember. In simple language, Smriti refers to those words of God, which the sages forget to tell in their original form and these words were remembered by the sages and they wrote down in their own The Smritis are mainly of two types namely, Dharmashastras and Dharmasutras. In Dharmashastra, our moral code of conduct is stated whereas, in Dharmasutras, the rule regarding government, population, economic affair, etc is mentioned.