The Law Code of Visnu (Vaisnava-dharmasastra) is one of the
latest of the ancient Indian legal texts composed around the
seventh century ce in Kashmir. Both because the
Vaishnava-Dharmasastra is the only Dharmasastra that can be
geographically located and because it introduces some interesting
and new elements into the discussion of Dharmasastric 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 Dharmasastric evidence
for a wife burning herself at her husband's cremation and the
intrusion of devotional religion (bhakti) into Dharmasastras. This
volume contains a critical edition of the Sanskrit text based on
fifteen manuscripts, an annotated English translation, and an
introduction evaluating its textual history, its connections to
previous Dharmasastras, its date and provenance, its structure and
content, and the use made of it by later medieval writers.
General
| Imprint: |
The Department Of Sanskrit And Indian Studies
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Harvard Oriental Series |
| Release date: |
April 2010 |
| First published: |
April 2010 |
| Editors: |
Patrick Olivelle
|
| Dimensions: |
279 x 216 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
560 |
| Edition: |
Critical edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-674-05139-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-674-05139-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780674051393 |
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