Manu's code of law : a critical edition and translation of the Manava-Dharmasastra / edited and translated by Patrick Olivelle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite, author.

Contributor:

Olivelle, Patrick, editor, translator.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Standardized Title:

Mānavadharmaśāstra. English & Sanskrit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manavadharmasastra.

Hindu law--Sources.

Hindu law.

Law--India--Sources.

Law.

Law--India--History.

Local Subjects:

Manavadharmasastra.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1142 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Patrick Olivelle offers a long awaited critical edition of the laws codified by Manu two millennia hence & regarded as a central work in the Sanskrit canon. Together with a translation, he adds an introduction, explanatory notes & a critical apparatus containing all the significant manuscript variants.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; I. Authorship and Composition; II. Sources of Manu: The Traditions of dharma and artha; III. The Work of Redactors; IV. Nature and Purpose of the Treatise; V. Manu and the Later dharma Tradition; Note on the Translation; TRANSLATION; Editor's Outline; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Notes to the Translation; CRITICAL EDITION; Introduction to the Critical Edition; I. Editorial History and the Need for a Critical Edition

II. Sources for the Critical EditionIII. Genealogy of Manuscripts; IV.Constitution of the Texts; Note on the Critical Edition; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Notes to the Critical Edition; Appendices; Appendix I: Fauna and Flora; Appendix II: Names of Gods, People, and Places; Appendix III: Ritual Vocabulary; Appendix IV: Weights, Measures, and Currency; Bibliography; Dharmaśāstric Parallels; Pāda Index; Index to the Translation; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V

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Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-774003-0

1-280-59429-2

9786613624123

0-19-977123-5

OCLC:

777576722