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A dharma reader : classical Indian law / translated and edited by Patrick Olivelle.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Description
xii, 410 pages ; 27 cm.
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B132.D5 O55 2017
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Subject(s)
Dharma
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Early works to 1800
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Sanskrit literature
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Translations into English
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Editor
Olivelle, Patrick
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Translator
Olivelle, Patrick
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Series
Historical sourcebooks in classical Indian thought
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Summary note
"A Dharma Reader traces the definition, epistemology, procedure, and process of Indian law from the third century B.C.E. to the middle ages. Its breadth captures the centuries-long struggle by Indian thinkers to theorize law in a multiethnic and pluralist society. The volume includes new and accessible translations of key texts, notes that explain the significance and chronology of selections, and a comprehensive introduction that summarizes the development of various disciplines in intellectual-historical terms."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-404) and index.
Language note
Translated from the Sanskrit.
Contents
Introduction
Part I: Nature and epistemology of law. Early thinkers: Apastamba (late third century B.C.E.), Patanjali (mid-second century B.C.E.) ; Later aphoristic texts on dharma: Gautama (late second century B.C.E.), Baudhayana (early first century B.C.E.), Vasistha (late first century B.C.E.) ; Perspectives from political science: Kautilya (first–second century C.E.) ; Innovations of Manu (mid-second century C.E.) ; Developments after Manu: Yajnavalkya (fourth-fifth century C.E.), Vishnu (seventh century C.E.), Parasara (seventh century C.E.) ; The school of vedic exegesis: Sabara (fifth century C.E.), Kumarila (seventh century C.E.) ; Early commentators: Bharuci (seventh century C.E.), Visvarupa (early ninth century C.E.), Medhatithi (second half of the ninth century C.E.) ; Medieval commentators and systematizers: Commentators of Manu: Govindaraja (eleventh-twelfth century C.E.), Nandana, Kulluka (fourteenth century C.E.); Commentators of Yajnavalkya: Vijnanesvara (fl. 1100-1125 C.E.), Apararka (first half of the twelfth century C.E.); Legal digests-Nibandhas: Devanna Bhatta (circa 1200 C.E.)
Part II: Courts of law and legal procedure. The beginnings: Apastamba, Gautama, Baudhayana, Visistha ; The early theorists: Kautilya, Manu ; The mature phase: Yajnavalkya, Narada (fifth-sixth century C.E.) ; Early commentators: Bharuci, Medhatithi ; Medieval commentators and systematizers: Vijnanesvara, Devanna Bhatta
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ISBN
9780231179560 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
0231179561 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2016000990
OCLC
947817227
Other standard number
40026531317
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