A treatise on dharma
Yajnavalkya
A treatise on dharma edited and translated by Patrick Olivelle. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, ©2019 - xl, 384 p. ; 21 cm - Murty classical library of India ; 20 .
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
9780674988316
2018015226
Hindu law--Early works to 1800.
Inheritance and succession (Hindu law)--Early works to 1800.
KNS127.8.A4 / E54 2019
REF 294.594 / YAJ-T
A treatise on dharma edited and translated by Patrick Olivelle. - Cambridge : Harvard University Press, ©2019 - xl, 384 p. ; 21 cm - Murty classical library of India ; 20 .
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
9780674988316
2018015226
Hindu law--Early works to 1800.
Inheritance and succession (Hindu law)--Early works to 1800.
KNS127.8.A4 / E54 2019
REF 294.594 / YAJ-T