Manu S Code Of Law

Author : Manu,Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1150 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0195171462

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Manu's Code of Law by Manu,Patrick Olivelle Pdf

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 editions of Sanskrit texts and to use those unreliable editions as the basis for constructing the history of classical India. In this volume, Patrick Olivelle has assembled the critical text of Manu, including a critical apparatus containing all the significant manuscript variants, along with a reliable and readable translation, copious explanatory notes, and a comprehensive introduction on the structure, content, and socio-political context of the treatise. The result is an outstanding scholarly achievement that will be an essential tool for any serious student of India.

Author : Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Hindu law
ISBN : 0197740030

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Manu's Code of Law by Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite Pdf

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.

Author : Manu (Lawgiver),Patrick Olivelle,Suman Olivelle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1131 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Hindu law
ISBN : 0195681487

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Manu's Code of Law by Manu (Lawgiver),Patrick Olivelle,Suman Olivelle Pdf

Author : Suman Olivelle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Hindu law
ISBN : OCLC:794549205

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Manu's Code of Law by Suman Olivelle Pdf

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 editions of Sanskrit texts and to use those unreliable editions as the basis for constructing the history of classical India. In this volume, Patrick Olivelle has assembled the critical text of Manu, including a critical apparatus containing all the significant manuscript variants, along with a reliable and readable translation, copious explanatory notes, and a comprehensive introduction on the structure, content, and socio-political context of the treatise. The result is an outstanding scholarly achievement that will be an essential tool for any serious student of India.

Author : Manu (Lawgiver)
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192802712

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The Law Code of Manu by Manu (Lawgiver) Pdf

'Manu was seated, when the great seers came up to him: "Please, Lord, tell us the Laws of all the social classes, as well as of those born in between..."' The Law Code of Manu is the most authoritative and the best-known legal text of ancient India. Famous for two thousand years it still generates controversy, with Manu's verses being cited in support of the oppression of women and members of the lower castes. A seminal Hindu text, the Law Code isimportant for its classic description of so many social institutions that have come to be identified with Indian society. It deals with the relationships between social and ethnic groups, between men and women, the organization of the state and the judicial system, reincarnation, the workings ofkarma, and all aspects of the law.Patrick Olivelle's lucid translation is the first to be based on his critically edited text, and it incorporates the most recent scholarship on ancient Indian history, law, society, and religion.

Author : Patrick Olivelle,Donald R. Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191007088

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The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Law by Patrick Olivelle,Donald R. Davis Pdf

Through pointed studies of important aspects and topics of dharma in Dharmaśāstra, this comprehensive collection shows that the history of Hinduism cannot be written without the history of Hindu law. Part One provides a concise overview of the literary genres in which Dharmasastra was written with attention to chronology and historical developments. This study divides the tradition into its two major historical periods—the origins and formation of the classical texts and the later genres of commentary and digest—in order to provide a thorough, but manageable overview of the textual bases of the tradition. Part Two presents descriptive and historical studies of all the major substantive topics of Dharmasastra. Each chapter offers readers with salest knowledge of the debates, transformations, and fluctcating importance of each topic. Indirectly, readers will also gain insight into the ethos or worldview of religious law in Hinduism, enabling them to get a feel for how dharma authors thought and why. Part Three contains brief studies of the impact and reception of Dharmasastra in other South Asian cultural and textual traditions. Finally, Part Four draws inspiration from "critical terms" in contemporary legal and religious studies to analyze Dharmasastra texts. Contributors offer interpretive views of Dharmasastra that start from hermeneutic and social concerns today.

Author : Shama Churun Sircar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1192 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Hindu law
ISBN : BL:A0019028400

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Vyavasthá-darpana by Shama Churun Sircar Pdf

Author : Patrick Olivelle,Donald Richard Davis
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198702603

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Hindu Law by Patrick Olivelle,Donald Richard Davis Pdf

"The foundation of Hindu law is the voluminous textual tradition called Dharmaśāstra, the expert tradition on dharma. This book seeks to delineate the historical development of Dharmaśāstra, even though the tradition presented dharma as timeless and ahistorical. The volume establishes the importance of law for the history and study of Hinduism by providing interpretive descriptions of all the major topics of Hindu dharma according to this tradition. First, two broad introductions to the historical development of the textual sources of Hindu law suggest new ways to understand both the original texts (smṛti) and the later commentaries and digests. Next, groundbreaking research into the origin of the householder (gṛhastha), who is at the center of the Dharmaśāstric enterprise, provides new insights into both the origin of this genre and many of its topics, such as the āśrama system and married household life. The book devotes its central chapters to each of the major topics of Dharmaśāstra: epistemology of dharma, caste and social class, orders of life, rites of passage, Vedic student and graduate, marriage, children, inheritance, women, daily duties, food, gifting, funeral and ancestral offerings, impurity and purification, ascetic modes of life, dharma during emergencies, king, punishment, legal procedure, titles of law, penances, vows, pilgrimage, images, and temples. The final chapters then explore both the reception of Dharmaśāstra in other religious traditions, both Hindu and Buddhist, and the relevance of Dharmaśāstra to studies of critical concepts in religious studies—the body, emotions, material culture, subjectivity, animal studies, and vernacular culture."--

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1991-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780141966625

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The Laws of Manu by Anonim Pdf

The Laws of Manu form a towering work of Hindu philosophy. Composed by many Brahmin priests, this is an extraordinary, encyclopaedic representation of human life in the world, and how it should be lived. Manu encompasses topics as wide-ranging as the social obligations and duties of the various castes, the proper way for a righteous king to rule and to punish transgressors, relations between men and women, birth, death, taxes, karma, rebirth and ritual practices. First translated into English in 1794, its influence spread from Nietzsche to the British Raj, and although often misinterpreted, it remains an essential work for understanding India today.

Author : Peter Goodrich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781107035997

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Legal Emblems and the Art of Law by Peter Goodrich Pdf

The emblem book was invented by the humanist lawyer Andrea Alciato in 1531. The preponderance of juridical and normative themes, of images of rule and infraction, of obedience and error in the emblem books is critical to their purpose and interest. This book outlines the history of the emblem tradition as a juridical genre, along with the concept of, and training in, obiter depicta, in things seen along the way to judgment. It argues that these books depict norms and abuses in classically derived forms that become the visual standards of governance. Despite the plethora of vivid figures and virtual symbols that define and transmit law, contemporary lawyers are not trained in the critical apprehension of the visible. This book is the first to reconstruct the history of the emblem tradition, evidencing the extent to which a gallery of images of law already exists and structuring how the public realm is displayed, made present and viewed.

Author : Sita Anantha Raman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429535680

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Women’s Rights and Law Codes in Early India, 600 BCE–570 ACE by Sita Anantha Raman Pdf

This book looks at the first eight Sanskrit law codes written in India, between 600 BCE and 570 ACE. It focuses on the legal, religious and ethical customs which were codified in this period and their impact on the social and political life of women. The volume analyzes texts such as the Dharma Sūtras, the Arthaśāstra, the Manu Smŗiti, the Yājňyavalkya Smŗiti, and Nārada Smŗiti, amongst others. It studies discourses on justice, conduct, virtues and duties, and how early laws were used to systematize patriarchy and the varna caste system in South Asia. It examines how patrimonial laws and male property rights highlighted social anxieties about female chastity and varna lineage, which led to the subordination of women and the lower varnas. These anxieties are most evident in codes from the late Vedic and early classical eras when diverse new settlers arrived upon the subcontinent. At this time, kings decentralized governance and allowed local groups to practice communal laws, while they meted out court justice with a specific law code. As the state became prosperous from trade conducted by merchants of diverse castes, sects, and classes, and social peace was ensured by officials from disparate backgrounds, kings began to rely upon a law code that aspired for equity above intolerance. These chapters examine heterodox Therāvada Buddhism and Jainism, their origins in the oligarchic state, their impact on the royal Sanskritic state, as seen in canonical literature. They especially focus on women’s roles in heterodox sects, and the emergence of new spaces for women, as such changes were adopted in disparate ways and degrees by other South Asian communities. The volume will be a useful resource for students and researchers of history, women and gender studies, social anthropology, sociology, and law. It will also serve as an information guide for readers who are interested in the political, and social life of women in early India

Author : Julius Jolly,Manu Manu
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1016279175

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Mânava Dharma-sâstra; the Code of Manu. Original Sanskrit Text Critically Edited According to the Standard Sanskrit Commentaries, With Critical Notes by Julius Jolly,Manu Manu Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Shama Churun Sircar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Hindu law
ISBN : OXFORD:501325283

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Vyavasthā-chandrikā by Shama Churun Sircar Pdf

Author : Shama Churun Sircar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Hindu law
ISBN : OXFORD:N11987372

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Vyavasthá-chandriká by Shama Churun Sircar Pdf

Author : Patrick Olivelle
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780199555758

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Pañcatantra by Patrick Olivelle Pdf

The Pañcatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. It teaches the principles of good government and public policy through the medium of animal stories, providing a window onto ancient Indian society. This new translation vividly reveals the story-telling powers of the original author, while detailed notes illuminate aspects of ancient Indian society and religion to the non-specialist reader.