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A Treatise on Dharma / Yājnavalkya

By: YājnavalkyaContributor(s): Yājnavalkya | Olivelle, PatrickMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: :International Book Distributors | :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Series: Murty classical library of India, 20Publication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, ©2019Description: xl, 384p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780674277069Subject(s): Religions | Religions of Indic origin | Hindu law -- Early works to 1800 | LAW -- General | Inheritance and succession (Hindu law) -- Early works to 1800DDC classification: 294.594 YAJ

Contents:

1. Proper conduct -- 2. Legal procedure -- 3. Expiation.

Summary: "A Treatise on Dharma, written in the fourth or fifth century, is the finest example of the genre of dharmaśāstra (texts on religious, civil, and criminal law and the duties of rulers) that informed Indian life for a thousand years. It illuminates major cultural innovations, such as the prominence of documents in commercial and legal proceedings, the use of ordeals in resolving disputes, and the growing importance of yoga in spiritual practices. Composed by an anonymous author during the reign of the imperial Guptas, the Treatise is ascribed to the Upanishadic philosopher Yajnavalkya, whose instruction of a group of sages serves as the frame narrative for the work. It became the most influential legal text in medieval India, and a twelfth-century interpretation came to be considered "the law of the land" under British rule. This translation of A Treatise on Dharma, based on a new critical edition and presented alongside the Sanskrit original in the Devanagari script, opens the classical age of ancient Indian law to modern readers"--Provided by the publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	SNU LIBRARY	294.594 YAJ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not For Loan		28683

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1. Proper conduct --
2. Legal procedure --
3. Expiation.

"A Treatise on Dharma, written in the fourth or fifth century, is the finest example of the genre of dharmaśāstra (texts on religious, civil, and criminal law and the duties of rulers) that informed Indian life for a thousand years. It illuminates major cultural innovations, such as the prominence of documents in commercial and legal proceedings, the use of ordeals in resolving disputes, and the growing importance of yoga in spiritual practices. Composed by an anonymous author during the reign of the imperial Guptas, the Treatise is ascribed to the Upanishadic philosopher Yajnavalkya, whose instruction of a group of sages serves as the frame narrative for the work. It became the most influential legal text in medieval India, and a twelfth-century interpretation came to be considered "the law of the land" under British rule. This translation of A Treatise on Dharma, based on a new critical edition and presented alongside the Sanskrit original in the Devanagari script, opens the classical age of ancient Indian law to modern readers"--Provided by the publisher.

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