The laws of Manu : a new translation / translated from the Sanskrit by members of the Language Faculty of the School of Economic Science, London.
2018
KNS127.3.A4 E54 2018 (Mapit)
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Uniform Title
Mānavadharmaśāstra. English (School of Economic Science)
Title
The laws of Manu : a new translation / translated from the Sanskrit by members of the Language Faculty of the School of Economic Science, London.
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Imprint
London : Shepheard-Walwyn, 2018.
Copyright
©2018
Description
xxvii, 481 pages : illustration, map ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
1. The creation of the world
2. The student stage of life
3. The householder stage of life: marriage, sacrifice, and rites for the departed
4. The householder stage of life: means of livelihood and rules for daily living
5. The householder stage of life: food, purification, and the conduct of women
6. The forest-dweller and renunciate stages of life
7. The king: duties, conduct, origin, and ultimate fulfilment
8. The king: Administration of justice
9. The family, inheritance laws, and the thorns in society
10. Origin of mixed classes and rules for times of adversity
11. Offences and expiatory penances
12. Transmigration, the three qualities, action, and the supreme self
Appendix 1. Weights, measurements, denominations
Appendix 2. Penances, sacrifices, teachers
Appendix 3. Places and peoples
Appendix 4. Prayers, hymns, verses cited in The Laws of Manu
Appendix 5. Fauna, flora, foods
Appendix 6. Time durations and seasons
Appendix 7. Gods and deities
Appendix 8. The circle of neighbouring kingdoms.
2. The student stage of life
3. The householder stage of life: marriage, sacrifice, and rites for the departed
4. The householder stage of life: means of livelihood and rules for daily living
5. The householder stage of life: food, purification, and the conduct of women
6. The forest-dweller and renunciate stages of life
7. The king: duties, conduct, origin, and ultimate fulfilment
8. The king: Administration of justice
9. The family, inheritance laws, and the thorns in society
10. Origin of mixed classes and rules for times of adversity
11. Offences and expiatory penances
12. Transmigration, the three qualities, action, and the supreme self
Appendix 1. Weights, measurements, denominations
Appendix 2. Penances, sacrifices, teachers
Appendix 3. Places and peoples
Appendix 4. Prayers, hymns, verses cited in The Laws of Manu
Appendix 5. Fauna, flora, foods
Appendix 6. Time durations and seasons
Appendix 7. Gods and deities
Appendix 8. The circle of neighbouring kingdoms.
Language Note
Text in English; words and passages in romanized Sanskrit.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
KNS127.3.A4 E54 2018
Language
English
ISBN
0856835234
9780856835230
9780856835230
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