Vijnaneshvaramu (IAST: Vijñāneśvaramu) is a 13th-century Telugu language dharma-shastra (Hindu law) text composed by Ketana in present-day southern India.
[1] Ketana made changes to the Mitakshara laws to make them consistent with the contemporary Andhra society.
Vijnaneshvaramu is a socially conservative text that follows the Brahmanic dharma-shastra tradition and considers the caste hierarchy as the most important aspect of a functioning society.
[5] Like the Manu Dharma-shastra, Ketana's work suggests variations in trials and punishment based on the convict's varna.
For example, a high caste woman who has sex with a Shudra man is not to be killed: instead, she should undergo ritual atonement (prayashchitta); if she becomes pregnant, than her husband should leave her.
[16] However, he states that consanguinous marriage with one's paternal aunt or maternal uncle's daughter is an acceptable custom in southern India.