Dharmasutras : the law codes of Apastamba, Gautama, Baudhayana, and Vasistha / translated from the original Sanskrit and edited by Patrick Olivelle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olivelle, Patrick.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

Dharmasūtras. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--India--Sources.

Law.

Dharma.

Hindu law--Early works to 1800.

Hindu law.

Brahmanism--Early works to 1800.

Brahmanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (481 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Dharmasutras are the four surviving works of the ancient Indian expert tradition on the subject of dharma, or the rules of behaviour a community recognizes as binding on its members. Written in a pithy and aphoristic style and representing the culmination of a long tradition of scholarship, the Dharmasutras record intense disputes and divergent views on such subjects as the education of the young and their rites of passage, ritual procedures and religious ceremonies, marriage and marital rights and obligations, dietary restrictions, the right professions for and the proper interaction betw

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations; Guide to the Pronunciation of Sanskrit Words; Bibliography; Introduction; Literary History; Authorship and Dates; Literary Structure; Semantics and Sources of Dharma; Divergent Voices; Note on the Translation; DHARMASUTRAS; Āpastamba; Gautama; Baudhāyana; Vasistha; Appendices; I. Ritual Vocabulary; II. Names of Gods, People, and Places; III. Fauna and Flora; Notes; Āpastamba; Gautama; Baudhāyana; Vasis.t.ha; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780191606045

0191606049

9781280762208

1280762209

9780191584237

0191584231

OCLC:

714569771