Author: Bhattacharya, Batuknath
Title: The 'Kalivarjyas' or Prohibitions in the 'Kali' Age :Their Origin & Evolution and Their Present Legal Bearing
Description: Calcutta, University of Calcutta, 1943. 1/4-cloth. 22x14cm,, (6),212 pages. Several pinholes.. Crude later binder's blind half-cloth. Corner bumped, Good. ¶ Contents: The Texts Chronologically Arranged; The Prohibited Practices Classified & Arranged in Order of their Treatment; The Origin & Evolution of the Several Practices & Usages: Acara: Ceremonial; Relation to the Four Orders of Life; Prayascitta: Impurity & Expiation; Vyavahara: Legal; The Origin & Authority of the Kali Prohibitions; Conception of the Kali Age; Authority of Samaya-Dharma & Purana; Date of the Convention on Kali Prohibitions; Present Legal Bearing; Authority of the Kalivarjyas.

Keywords: Hinduism, Kali Prohibitions, History of Religion, Hindu Jurisprudence, Comparative Law, Ancient India, Legal, Theology, Dharma-sastras