<p>The author has brought into focus the pioneering work on interpretation (M&amp;icirc;m&amp;acirc;ms&amp;acirc; S&amp;ucirc;tras&amp;nbsp; or Rules of Interpretation) produced more than 2500 years ago by rishi Jaimin&amp;icirc; an example of wisdom par excellence. M&amp;icirc;m&amp;acirc;ms&amp;acirc; runs into 2668 s&amp;ucirc;tras spread over 12 Chapters and&amp;nbsp; encompasses all interpretational&amp;nbsp; principles evolved in the West and much more.&lt;br /&gt; These rules are ideally applicable to the entire ambit of legal interpretation &amp;ndash; civil, criminal and statutory texts. Despite these qualities the S&amp;ucirc;tras remained in oblivion, by and large till now because of it being in Sanskrit and voluminous.&lt;br /&gt; However basing on the authentic English translation of the entire M&amp;icirc;m&amp;acirc;ms&amp;acirc; text by Pandit Mohan Lal Sandal (originally published in 1923) now in public domain (on internet) the author has been able to codify the S&amp;ucirc;tras into 109 Rules of interpretation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt; It is hoped that this will reduce our dependence on Maxwell and others and substantively affect the quality of legal work having the benefit of our ancient thought process.&lt;br /&gt; This book may prove to be cornerstone for the Bar and the Bench in their day to day working as also a foundation for the law students.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt; The author has brought into focus the pioneering work on interpretation (M&amp;icirc;m&amp;acirc;ms&amp;acirc; S&amp;ucirc;tras&amp;nbsp; or Rules of Interpretation) produced more than 2500 years ago by rishi Jaimin&amp;icirc; an example of wisdom par excellence. M&amp;icirc;m&amp;acirc;ms&amp;acirc; runs into 2668 s&amp;ucirc;tras spread over 12 Chapters and&amp;nbsp; encompasses all interpretational&amp;nbsp; principles evolved in the West and much more.&lt;br /&gt; These rules are ideally applicable to the entire ambit of legal interpretation &amp;ndash; civil, criminal and statutory texts. Despite these qualities the S&amp;ucirc;tras remained in oblivion, by and large till now because of it being in Sanskrit and voluminous.&lt;br /&gt; However basing on the authentic English translation of the entire M&amp;icirc;m&amp;acirc;ms&amp;acirc; text by Pandit Mohan Lal Sandal (originally published in 1923) now in public domain (on internet) the author has been able to codify the S&amp;ucirc;tras into 109 Rules of interpretation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt; It is hoped that this will reduce our dependence on Maxwell and others and substantively affect the quality of legal work having the benefit of our ancient thought process.&lt;br /&gt; This book may prove to be cornerstone for the Bar and the Bench in their day to day working as also a foundation for the law students.&amp;nbsp;</p>
