FROM LAW TO DHARMA: STATE LAW AND SACRED DUTY IN ANCIENT INDIA
The legal treatises of ancient India, called Dharmasāstras, are often read as records of the initial emergence of law from religion in South Asia. The Dharmasāstras teach the dharma, or "sacred duty," of different members of society. It is one of the dharmas of the king to adjudicate dispu...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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Journal of law and religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 34, Issue: 3, Pages: 284-309 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Dharmaśāstra
/ India
/ Public law
/ Hinduism
/ Dharma
/ Religious duty
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Law
B nīti B dharmasāstra B statecraft B vyavahāra B Hindu Law B ancient India |
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