A Dharma Reader : Classical Indian Law

Author/Creator:

Olivelle, Patrick, author

Publication/Creation:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

A Dharma Reader : Classical Indian Law / Patrick Olivelle

Series Titles:

Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought

Related/Included Titles:

Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Abbreviations --
Introduction --
1. Early Thinkers --
2. Later Aphoristic Texts on Dharma --
3. Perspectives from Political Science: Kautilya (first-Second Century C.E.) --
4. Innovations of Manu (Mid-Second Century C.E.) --
5. Developments After Manu --
6. The School of Vedic Exegesis --
7. Early Commentators --
8. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers --
9. The Beginnings --
10. The Early Theorists --
11. The Mature Phase --
12. Early Commentators --
13. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers --
Notes --
Glossary --
Bibliography --
Index

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Dharma--Early works to 1800
Sanskrit literature--Translations into English

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Early Thinkers -- 2. Later Aphoristic Texts on Dharma -- 3. Perspectives from Political Science: Kautilya (first-Second Century C.E.) -- 4. Innovations of Manu (Mid-Second Century C.E.) -- 5. Developments After Manu -- 6. The School of Vedic Exegesis -- 7. Early Commentators -- 8. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers -- 9. The Beginnings -- 10. The Early Theorists -- 11. The Mature Phase -- 12. Early Commentators -- 13. Medieval Commentators and Systematizers -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Whether defined by family, lineage, caste, professional or religious association, village, or region, India's diverse groups did settle on a concept of law in classical times. How did they reach this consensus? Was it based on religious grounds or a transcendent source of knowledge? Did it depend on time and place? And what apparatus did communities develop to ensure justice was done, verdicts were fair, and the guilty were punished?Addressing these questions and more, 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. It reconstructs the principal disputes of a given discipline, which not only clarifies the arguments but also relays the dynamism of the fight. For those seeking a richer understanding of the political and intellectual origins of a major twenty-first-century power, along with unique insight into the legal interactions among its many groups, this book offers exceptional detail, historical precision, and expository illumination.

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (425 pages)

General Note:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Additional Physical Form:

Issued also in print.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936954953002486

ISBN:

9780231542159
0231542151

OCLC Number:

984686263
952139367

Other Identifiers:

doi: 10.7312/oliv17956