The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Law
A New History of Dharmaśāstra
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 14 December 2017
- ISBN 9780198702603
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages572 pages
- Size 241x164x39 mm
- Weight 996 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Through pointed studies of important aspects and topics of dharma in Dharmasastra, 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. Part Two presents descriptive and historical studies of all the major substantive topics of Dharmasastra.
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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.
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Table of Contents:
List of abbreviations
List of contributors
Introduction
PART I: HISTORY
Social and Literary History of Dharmaśāstra: The Foundational Texts
Social and Literary History of Dharmaśāstra: Commentaries and Legal Digests
PART II: TOPICS
Epistemology of Law: dharmapramāṇa
Social Classes: varṇa
Orders of Life: āśrama
Rites of Passage: saṃskāra
The Vedic Student: brahmacārin
The Vedic Graduate: snātaka
Marriage and the Householder: vivāha, gṛhastha
Women: strīdharma
Children: putra, duhitṛ
Inheritance: dāyabhāga
Daily Duties: āhnika
Food and Dietary Rules: abhakṣya, abhojya
Gifting: dāna
Funeral and Ancestral Offerings: antyeṣṭi, śrāddha
Impurity and Purification: āśauca
Ascetics: pravrajita, vānaprastha
Law During Emergencies: āpaddharma
King: rājadharma
Punishment: daṇḍa
Legal Procedure: vyavahāra
Titles of Law: vyavahārapada
Penance: prāyaścitta
Vows and Observances: vrata
Pilgrimage: tīrthayātrā
Images and Temples: pratiṣṭhā
PART III: INFLUENCES
History of the Reception of Dharmaśāstra
A Buddhist Vinaya as a Source for Indian Law
Part IV: INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES
Body
h Chapter 31:
Ritual
Self and Subjectivity: The Wandering Ascetic and the Manifest World
Material Culture and Society: The Ancient Indian Alestake
Embodiment of Dharma in Animals
Vernacularization
Economics and Business as vaiśyadharma
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