Studies In Hindu Law And Dharmasstra

Author : Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191007099
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Law written by Patrick Olivelle and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-08 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through pointed studies of important aspects and topics of dharma in Dharmaśāstra, this comprehensive collection shows that the history of Hinduism cannot be written without the history of Hindu law. Part One provides a concise overview of the literary genres in which Dharmasastra was written with attention to chronology and historical developments. This study divides the tradition into its two major historical periods—the origins and formation of the classical texts and the later genres of commentary and digest—in order to provide a thorough, but manageable overview of the textual bases of the tradition. Part Two presents descriptive and historical studies of all the major substantive topics of Dharmasastra. Each chapter offers readers with salest knowledge of the debates, transformations, and fluctcating importance of each topic. Indirectly, readers will also gain insight into the ethos or worldview of religious law in Hinduism, enabling them to get a feel for how dharma authors thought and why. Part Three contains brief studies of the impact and reception of Dharmasastra in other South Asian cultural and textual traditions. Finally, Part Four draws inspiration from "critical terms" in contemporary legal and religious studies to analyze Dharmasastra texts. Contributors offer interpretive views of Dharmasastra that start from hermeneutic and social concerns today.

Author : Ludo Rocher
Publisher : Anthem Press
ISBN 13 : 0857285785
Total Pages : 759 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Hindu Law and Dharmaśstra written by Ludo Rocher and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 759 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main sources for an understanding of classical Hindu law are the Sanskrit treatises on religious and legal duties, known as the Dharmaśāstras. In this collection of his major studies in the field, Ludo Rocher presents essays on a wide range of topics, from general themes such as the nature of Hindu law to technical matters including word studies and text criticism. Rocher’s deep engagement with the language and worldview of the authors in the Dharmaśāstra tradition yields distinctive and corrective contributions to the field. This collection serves as an invaluable introduction to a leading authority in the field of Indology.

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 : Davis ROCHER
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789380601939
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Studies in Hindu Law and Dharmasastra written by Davis ROCHER and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 : Ludo Rocher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780857285508
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Studies in Hindu Law and Dharmaśāstra written by Ludo Rocher and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents for the first time a collection of the major studies on Hindu law and Dharmaśāstra by Ludo Rocher, one of the brightest lights of American academia. This collection of essays serves as an invaluable introduction to Rocher's distinctive and important contributions to the field of Indology.

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 : Derrett
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004491600
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Indian law (Dharmasastra) written by Derrett and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-03-07 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Henry Nelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436746489
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book A Prospectus of the Scientific Study of the Hindu Law (1881) written by James Henry Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Syed Tahir Mahmood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 782 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Hindu Law written by Syed Tahir Mahmood and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: