List of abbreviations
List of contributors
Introduction, Donald R. Davis, Jr.
PART I: HISTORY
1:Social and Literary History of Dharmaśāstra: The Foundational Texts, Patrick Olivelle
2:Social and Literary History of Dharmaśāstra: Commentaries and Legal Digests, Donald R. Davis, Jr. and David Brick
PART II: TOPICS
3:Epistemology of Law: dharmapramāṇa, Patrick Olivelle
4:Social Classes: varṇa, Mikael Aktor
5:Orders of Life: āśrama, Patrick Olivelle
6:Rites of Passage: saṃskāra, Axel Michaels
7:The Vedic Student: brahmacārin, Timothy Lubin
8:The Vedic Graduate: snātaka, Timothy Lubin
9:Marriage and the Householder: vivāha, gṛhastha, Stephanie W. Jamison
10:Women: strīdharma, Stephanie W. Jamison
11:Children: putra, duhitṛ, Donald R. Davis, Jr.
12:Inheritance: dāyabhāga, Ludo Rocher
13:Daily Duties: āhnika, Timothy Lubin
14:Food and Dietary Rules: abhakṣya, abhojya, Patrick Olivelle
15:Gifting: dāna, David Brick
16:Funeral and Ancestral Offerings: antyeṣṭi, śrāddha, Matthew R. Sayers
17:Impurity and Purification: āśauca, Mikael Aktor
18:Ascetics: pravrajita, vānaprastha, Patrick Olivelle
19:Law During Emergencies: āpaddharma, Adam Bowles
20:King: rājadharma, Mark McClish
21:Punishment: daṇḍa, Mark McClish
22:Legal Procedure: vyavahāra, Patrick Olivelle
23:Titles of Law: vyavahārapada, Mark McClish
24:Penance: prāyaścitta, David Brick
25:Vows and Observances: vrata, Donald R. Davis, Jr.
26:Pilgrimage: tīrthayātrā, Knut A. Jacobsen
27:Images and Temples: pratiṣṭhā, Richard H. Davis
PART III: INFLUENCES
28:History of the Reception of Dharmaśāstra, Donald R. Davis, Jr.
29:A Buddhist Vinaya as a Source for Indian Law, Gregory Schopen
Part IV: INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES
30:Body, Ariel Glucklich
31:h Chapter 31:, Maria Heim
32:Ritual, Axel Michaels
33:Self and Subjectivity: The Wandering Ascetic and the Manifest World, Jonardon Ganeri
34:Material Culture and Society: The Ancient Indian Alestake, James McHugh
35:Embodiment of Dharma in Animals, Andrea Gutierrez
36:Vernacularization, Christian Lee Novetzke
37:Economics and Business as vaiśyadharma, Donald R. Davis, Jr.
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