A treatise on dharma

By:

Yajnavalkya

Contributor(s):

Olivelle, Patrick [editor, translator.]

Material type: Text

9780674988316

Contained works:

Yājñavalkya. Yājñavalkyasmr̥ti
Yājñavalkya. Yājñavalkyasmr̥ti. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

REF 294.594 23 YAJ-T

LOC classification:

KNS127.8.A4 E54 2019

Contents:

Proper conduct -- Legal procedure -- 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.--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD Reference	Murty Classical Library of India	REF 294.594 YAJ-T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		012125

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-376) and index.

Proper conduct -- Legal procedure -- 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.--

English and on facing page Sanskrit ; Devanagari script

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