Download This PaperDharma, Maryada, and Law in Early British Malabar: Remarks on Words for 'Law' in the Tellicherry Records
Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik, Vol. 23, pp. 51-70, 2002
19 Pages Posted: 18 Aug 2006
Abstract
This article analyzes the key legal vocabulary contained in the Tellicherry Records, a set of official correspondence between British officials and their colonial subjects in the region of South India called Malabar (now Kerala) from 1796-1800. More than 1500 records are preserved in Malayalam, the language of the region. Three key terms - kalpana, maryada, nyayam - are in focus and provide insight into the legal consciousness of Kerala (and perhaps India) at the moment of transition to colonial rule.
Keywords: Indian law, Kerala, colonialism
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Davis, Donald R., Dharma, Maryada, and Law in Early British Malabar: Remarks on Words for 'Law' in the Tellicherry Records. Studien zur Indologie und Iranistik, Vol. 23, pp. 51-70, 2002, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=924914
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