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Author Manu (Lawgiver)

Title Manu's code of law : a critical edition and translation of the Manava-Dharmasastra / Patrick Olivelle ; with the editorial assistance of Suman Olivelle
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (x, 1131 pages)
Series South Asia research
South Asia research (New York, N.Y.)
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
Summary Manu's Code of Law is one of the most important texts in the Sanskrit canon, indeed one of the most important surviving texts from any classical civilization. It paints an astoundingly detailed picture of ancient Indian life-covering everything from the constitution of the king's cabinet to the price of a ferry trip for a pregnant woman-and its doctrines have been central to Indian thought and practice for 2000 years. Despite its importance, however, until now no one has produced a critical edition of this text. As a result, for centuries scholars have been forced to accept clearly inferior ed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 999-1008) and index
Notes Text in Sanskrit with English translation
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Subject Manu (Lawgiver). Mānavadharmaśāstra.
SUBJECT Mānavadharmaśāstra (Manu (Lawgiver)) fast
Manusmriti gnd
Subject Hindu law -- Sources
Law -- India -- Sources
Law -- India -- History.
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- General.
Hindu law
Law
Gesetz
Hinduismus
Kommentar
Quelle
Recht
Manusmṛti (anoniem)
India
Indien
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Olivelle, Patrick
Olivelle, Suman
LC no. 2003070152
ISBN 9780199771233
0199771235
1280594292
9781280594298
9786613624123
6613624128
Other Titles Mānavadharmaśāstra. English & Sanskrit
Code of law