Medieval Hindu Law

Author : Ashutosh Dayal Mathur
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Hindu Law written by Ashutosh Dayal Mathur and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines significant developments in Medieval Hindu Law between the eight and fourteenth centuries CE, which is described as the period of "secularization" of Hindu law. Based on a detailed study of seven leading Sanskrit texts written during that period as well as significant commentaries on the smrtis and dharma sutras, the book focuses on the changes which took place at the time, and their subsequent reflection in the texts. It explains how Hindu law emerged from the shadows of "dharma" and established itself independently as "vyavahara." It explores the reasons that may have been responsible for these changes. The book also takes into account important secondary material of the time on history, law, and political theory.

Author : Punsara Amarasinghe
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668527326
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Concept of Dharma in Medieval Hindu Legal Traditions with Thomas Aquinas’ Natural Law Philosophy written by Punsara Amarasinghe and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, , language: English, abstract: This study intends to be a comparative analysis between two legal tradition which grew up in two different civilizations. The concept of Dharma in Medieval Hindu legal philosophy and Thomas Aquinas’ Natural Law theory have been taken into the comparison in this research as two great legal traditions which grew in the same period of middle age. This research has examined the salient features of natural law ascribed by concept of Dharma in medieval Hindu jurisprudence and how natural law was perceived by Aquinas in his legal philosophy which was aptly described in his master work “ Summa Theologiae”. Apart from mere analyzing facts this study further examines the affinities that existed between concept of Dharma and Aquinas’ theory of Natural Law.

Author : Donald Richard Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boundaries of Hindu Law written by Donald Richard Davis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Timothy Lubin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139493582
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hinduism and Law written by Timothy Lubin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-21 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the earliest Sanskrit rulebooks through to the codification of 'Hindu law' in modern times, this interdisciplinary volume examines the interactions between Hinduism and the law. The authors present the major transformations to India's legal system in both the colonial and post colonial periods and their relation to recent changes in Hinduism. Thematic studies show how law and Hinduism relate and interact in areas such as ritual, logic, politics, and literature, offering a broad coverage of South Asia's contributions to religion and law at the intersection of society, politics and culture. In doing so, the authors build on previous treatments of Hindu law as a purely text-based tradition, and in the process, provide a fascinating account of an often neglected social and political history.

Author : Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198702604
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hindu Law written by Patrick Olivelle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The foundation of Hindu law is the voluminous textual tradition called Dharmaśāstra, the expert tradition on dharma. This book seeks to delineate the historical development of Dharmaśāstra, even though the tradition presented dharma as timeless and ahistorical. The volume establishes the importance of law for the history and study of Hinduism by providing interpretive descriptions of all the major topics of Hindu dharma according to this tradition. First, two broad introductions to the historical development of the textual sources of Hindu law suggest new ways to understand both the original texts (smṛti) and the later commentaries and digests. Next, groundbreaking research into the origin of the householder (gṛhastha), who is at the center of the Dharmaśāstric enterprise, provides new insights into both the origin of this genre and many of its topics, such as the āśrama system and married household life. The book devotes its central chapters to each of the major topics of Dharmaśāstra: epistemology of dharma, caste and social class, orders of life, rites of passage, Vedic student and graduate, marriage, children, inheritance, women, daily duties, food, gifting, funeral and ancestral offerings, impurity and purification, ascetic modes of life, dharma during emergencies, king, punishment, legal procedure, titles of law, penances, vows, pilgrimage, images, and temples. The final chapters then explore both the reception of Dharmaśāstra in other religious traditions, both Hindu and Buddhist, and the relevance of Dharmaśāstra to studies of critical concepts in religious studies—the body, emotions, material culture, subjectivity, animal studies, and vernacular culture."--

Author : Donald Richard Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521877040
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Hindu Law written by Donald Richard Davis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-21 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to Hindu law and jurisprudence questions the traditional perception of law, and reveals law's close linkage with religion. Emphasizing the household, the family, and everyday relationships as additional social locations of law, it contends that law itself can be understood as a theology of ordinary life.

Author : Davis R. Donald
Publisher : Penguin Random House India
ISBN 13 : 9386495961
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dharma of Business written by Davis R. Donald and published by Penguin Random House India. This book was released on 2017-06-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business law in medieval and early modern India developed within the voluminous and multifaceted texts called the Dharmashastras. These texts laid down rules for merchants, traders, guilds, farmers, and individuals in terms of the complex religious, legal, and moral ideal of dharma. This exciting book provides a new perspective on commercial law in this period. In addition to a description of the substantive rules for business, the book reinterprets the role of business and commerce within the law generally and demonstrates that modern assumptions about good business practice could benefit from the insights of this ancient tradition. It thus makes a compelling case for the relevance of the dharma of business to our own time.

Author : Richard W. Lariviere
Publisher : Primus Books
ISBN 13 : 9789355720900
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Common Sense and Legal History in India: Collected Essays on Hindu Law and Dharmasastra written by Richard W. Lariviere and published by Primus Books. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common Sense and Legal History in India brings together the shorter works of Richard W. Lariviere on one important tradition of law in classical and medieval India- the corpus of Sanskrit legal texts called dharmaśāstra. Lariviere's contributions to both general and specific topics of Hindu law have changed our understanding of the depth and complexity of legal ideas, the possibilities and limits of Sanskrit legal sources for historical study, and the continuing relevance of dharmaśāstra in colonial and contemporary India.

Author : Donald R. Davis, Jr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139485318
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Hindu Law written by Donald R. Davis, Jr and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-21 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law is too often perceived solely as state-based rules and institutions that provide a rational alternative to religious rites and ancestral customs. The Spirit of Hindu Law uses the Hindu legal tradition as a heuristic tool to question this view and reveal the close linkage between law and religion. Emphasizing the household, the family, and everyday relationships as additional social locations of law, it contends that law itself can be understood as a theology of ordinary life. An introduction to traditional Hindu law and jurisprudence, this book is structured around key legal concepts such as the sources of law and authority, the laws of persons and things, procedure, punishment and legal practice. It combines investigation of key themes from Sanskrit legal texts with discussion of Hindu theology and ethics, as well as thorough examination of broader comparative issues in law and religion.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Treatises on the Hindu Law of Inheritance written by and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: