Companion to Dharmasastra-Sures Chandra Banerji-DKPD-9788124600986
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Dharmashastra is not
just a corpus of scriptural texts. It is rather a genre, in its own right, of
writings comprising prescriptive codes of righteous conduct in different
spheres: whether familial, societal, ritualistic, legal, or even political.
For the first time, this book offers a quintessential view of the
Dharmashastra (Smriti) literature. Which today, along with its digests and
commentaries, looks like a vast reservoir of literary works that have been
accumulating over the centuries since their legendary beginnings with Manu.
Designed primarily for reference, this Companion is styled and structured to
bring forth the Dharmashastra-essentials in the quickest time. Listed here,
alphabetically, are the major authors with their biographical sketches. And,
these besides, the titles, together with descriptive details of their
thematic content, dates/probable dates of their composition, published
editions and commentaries their upon. Also included here are as many as 12
appendices which, in their totality, embody Dharmashastra-based information
on geography, flora and fauna, mixed castes/tribes, neo-Smriti schools, and
the kind of relation Smriti literature has with the Mahabharata, Puranas, and
Tantra, among other aspects. Professor Banerji’s book not only tries to show
how Dharmashastra works are representative of the ancient/medieval political,
social and cultural milieus, but is also a painstaking attempt to gauge their
influence in conditioning the Indian way of life and psyche. Supported by an
extensive glossarial index of Smriti literature, it is indisputably a valued
companion to the Dharmashastra-specialists, Indologists and the scholars of
ancient/medieval Indian sociology. |
Book |
ISBN |
9788124600986
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PUBLISHER |
DKPD |
Binding |
HARDCOVER |
Edition |
1998 |
Language |
ENGLISH |
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