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050	0	0	_aKNS127.8.A4 _bE54 2019
082	0	0	_aREF 294.594 _223 _bYAJ-T
100	0		_aYajnavalkya
245	1	0	_aA treatise on dharma _cedited and translated by Patrick Olivelle.
260			_aCambridge : _bHarvard University Press, _c©2019
300			_axl, 384 p. ; _c21 cm
490			_aMurty classical library of India ; _v20
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 365-376) and index.
505	0		_aProper conduct -- Legal procedure -- Expiation.
520			_aA 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.--
546			_aEnglish and on facing page Sanskrit ; _bDevanagari script
650		0	_aHindu law _vEarly works to 1800.
650		0	_aInheritance and succession (Hindu law) _vEarly works to 1800.
700	1		_aOlivelle, Patrick _eeditor _etranslator.
700	0	2	_aYājñavalkya. _tYājñavalkyasmr̥ti.
700	0	2	_aYājñavalkya. _tYājñavalkyasmr̥ti. _lEnglish.
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