Professor Kane’s Contribution to Dharmasastra Literature-S.G. Moghe-DKPD-9788124600757
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| If not peerless as
an Indologist, Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880-1972) may have barely a few equals.
A legitimate recipient of many, many enviable awards, including the ‘Bharat
Ratna’ — the highest national honour in India, he was the distinguished
Sanskritist, National Professor of Indology, Vice-Chancellor of Bombay
University, Member of Parliament (nominated), and entitled
‘Mahamahopadhyaya’. And was a prolific author too — his literary writings in
English, Marathi and Sanskrit having been estimated to run across nearly
15,000 printed pages. Yet, M.M. Kane is to stay immortalized for his
multivolume History of Dharmashastra: an encyclopaedic, at once authoritative
work on ancient India’s religious and civil laws. This volume puts together
nineteen of his essays to reinforce Professor Kane’s unique insightfulness
into Dharamashastra literature. Discreetly culled from the prodigious mass of
his writings, these essays show how Dr. Kane conjures some of the most
obscure, hitherto-unnoticed sources not just to dispel widely-accepted
fallacies or straighten out distortions, but (importantly) to project the
fabulous legacy of India’s Dharmashastra literature: in both its variegated
richness and unflawed authenticity. Covering diverse themes from Dharmashastra
literature: ranging from Pauranic legends to the Pauranic worldview of dharma
and sacrifices, from the literary use of the Mahabharata citations to the
questions of identity and chronology of Dharmashastra authors, Professor
Kane’s collection shows how King Bhoja evidenced the relevance of
Dharmashastras to astrology; how far the Matsyapurana is indebted to
Kautilya’s Arthashastra; or how, in turn, Kautilya’s classic compares with
Kamashastra or Manu-Smriti; and how Vijnaneshvara is positioned vis-a-vis his
predecessors. |
| Book |
| ISBN |
9788124600757
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| PUBLISHER |
DKPD |
| Binding |
HARDCOVER |
| Edition |
2016 |
| Language |
ENGLISH |
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Professor Kane’s Contribution to Dharmasastra Literature-S.G. Moghe-DKPD-9788124600757
