The origin of the present dissertation goes to the days when I secured doctorate in 1957on the sociological and ethical aspects of Manusmrti. "Why not take up another problem?" I thought, my mind steadied on law. Then I decided to move on to criminal law and to examine and evolve the same from time to time and from Smrti to Smrti. I sought the advice of Prof. H.D. Velankar and Dr. G.C. Jhala. They discussed with me, gave a few suggestions and blessed the project, that was of high research value, which has resulted into 14 chapters, all of which found place in Journals of all-India repute. In all titles, I have taken care to understand, analyse and examine the implications wherever possible. The titles have brought clarity. I have also examined them in the context of the Indian Penal Code and some prominent western thinking, to bring them to life.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR R.S. Betai
Dr. Rameshchandra S. Betai (Born 5th Feb. 1926), M.A. (Sanskrti), M.A. (Hindi), Ratna (Hindi) worked as Professor and PRIncipal in different colleges. He taught Sanskrit, Gujarati and Hindi upto post-Graduate level. He also worked as Director of the Research institute of Dwarka and at L.D. Institute of indology. His specialization is in the field of Sanskrit poetics. Vedanta and Indian culture. He has written almost 50 books in English, Gujarati and Sanskrit and contributed about 100 papers in all the Research Journals. His dissertation of Ph.D. (1957) was on ‘Monusmrti’ and its sociological, ethical, political, legal and cultural aspects, which was published by Gujarat University. He has ten successful Ph.D. students to his credit who have worked in variojs indological subjects. He was also invited to examine several thesis from different universities as an expert. He has been a member in board of studies in different universities. He got the President’s Award as an Eminent Scholar of Sanskrit in India in 1992. The auathor has translated and published some 15 books from English into Gujarati and vice verse e.g. Croce’s Asthetics in Gujarati and Essence of Jainism from Gujarati and Essence of Jainism from Gujarati to English, and to Prakarans of Adishankaracharya.
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