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Title The dharmasūtras : the law codes of Āpastamba, Gautama, Baudhāyana, and Vasisṭḥa / translated from the original Sanskrit and edited by Patrick Olivelle
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xlvi, 434 pages)
Series Oxford world's classics
Oxford world's classics.
Contents Guide to pronunciation of Sanskrit words. -- Introduction. Literary history ; Authorship and dates ; Literary structure ; Semantics and sources of Dharma ; Divergent voices. -- Note on the translation. -- Dharmasūtras. Āpastamba ; Gautama ; Bauhāyana ; Vasiṣṭha. -- Appendices. Ritual vocabulary ; Names of gods, people, and places ; Fauna and flora
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages xiv-xx) and index
Notes In English; translation from Sanskrit
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Subject Law, Ancient.
Dharma.
Brahmans.
Hindu law.
Brahmanism -- Early works to 1800
Law -- India -- Early works to 1800
RELIGION -- Hinduism -- Sacred Writings.
Brahmanism
Brahmans
Dharma
Hindu law
Law
Law, Ancient
Brahmanisme.
Wetten.
India
Genre/Form Early works
Form Electronic book
Author Olivelle, Patrick
ISBN 9780191584237
0191584231
9786610762200
6610762201