The Works of Sir William Jones
With the Life of the Author by Lord Teignmouth
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society; Volume 8;
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Product details:
- Edition number and title Volume 8
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 28 March 2013
- ISBN 9781108055765
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages632 pages
- Size 216x140x36 mm
- Weight 790 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 78 b/w illus. 0
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Short description:
The complete thirteen-volume works, with memoir, of the orientalist and poet Sir William Jones (1746-94), first published in 1807.
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A renowned Enlightenment polymath, Sir William Jones (1746-94) was a lawyer, translator and poet who wrote authoritatively on politics, comparative linguistics and oriental literature. Known initially for his Persian translations and political radicalism, Jones became further celebrated for his study and translation of ancient Sanskrit texts following his appointment to the supreme court in Calcutta in 1783. He spent the next eleven years introducing Europe to the mysticism and rationality of Hinduism through works such as his nine 'Hymns' to Hindu deities and his translation of the Sanskrit classic Sacontal&&&225;. Volume 8 of his thirteen-volume works, published in 1807, contains more of Jones' legal work, including his pre-India tracts on Islamic laws of succession and inheritance - culturally comparative works debunking prejudiced claims that Islamic cultures denied private property. Also included is his formative 'Essay on the Law of Bailments' (1781), a work still cited in some legal cases today.
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9. On judicature (cont.); 10. On the mixed classes, and on times of distress; 11. On penance and expiation; 12. On transmigration and final beatitude; General note; Letter to the Right Honourable Henry Dundas; The mahomedan law of succession to property of intestates; Al Sirajiyyah, or the mohammedan law of inheritance; An essay on the law of bailments; An inquiry into the legal mode of suppressing riots; Speech on 28th May, 18782; Letter to * * *; The Principles of Government; Character of Lord Ashburton.
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