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The Law Code of Vi??u: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the Vai??ava-Dharmasastra
Patrick Olivelle
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Hardback. "The Law Code of Visnu" ("Vaisnava-dharmasastra") is one of the of the ancient Indian legal texts composed around the seventh century ce in Kashmir. This title contains a critical edition of the Sanskrit text based on fifteen manuscripts, an annotated English translation, and an introduction evaluating its textual history. Editor(s): Olivelle, Patrick. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 560 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2B; 2BM; CJB; DSBB; HBJF; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216. .
The Law Code of Viṣṇu (Vaiṣṇava-Dharmaśāstra) is one of the latest of the ancient Indian legal texts composed around the seventh century CE in Kashmir. Both because the Vaiṣṇava-Dharmaśāstra is the only Dharmaśāstra that can be geographically located and because it introduces some interesting and new elements into the discussion of Dharmaśāstric topics, this is a document of interest both to scholars of Indian legal literature and to cultural historians of India, especially of Kashmir. The new elements include the first Dharmaśāstric evidence for a wife burning herself at her husband’s cremation and the intrusion of devotional religion (bhakti) into ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Department of Sanskrit and Indian Studies United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Oriental Series
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9780674051393
SKU
V9780674051393
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About Patrick Olivelle
Patrick Olivelle is Emeritus Professor of Sanskrit and Indian Religions at the University of Texas at Austin.
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