• Dharmaśāstra (Sanskrit: धर्मशास्त्र) are Sanskrit Puranic Smriti texts on law and conduct, and refer to treatises (śāstras) on Dharma. Unlike Dharmasūtra...
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  • known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many Dharmaśāstras of Hinduism. Over fifty...
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  • The History of Dharmaśāstra, with a subtitle "Ancient and Medieval Religious and Civil Law in India", is a monumental seven-volume work consisting of around...
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    best known for his History of Dharmaśāstra, a five-volume treatise on law in ancient and medieval India. Dharmaśāstra is a group of Sanskrit texts on...
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  • dharma is found in the vārttika of Kātyāyana, who uses the expression dharmaśāstra Shastras are predominantly post-Vedic literature, that is after about...
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  • known as the Laws of Manu. The Manusmṛti text is a part of the Hindu Dharmaśāstra tradition, which attempts to record the laws of dharma. There is some...
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    Nāradasmṛti (category Dharmaśāstra)
    as the "juridical text par excellence," the Nāradasmṛti is the only Dharmaśāstra text to not cover areas such as righteous conduct and penance. Its focused...
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  • (2017-12-08). The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Law: A New History of Dharmaśāstra. Oxford University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-19-100708-8. Chatterji,...
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  • History of Dharmaśāstra, (Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1975), Volume I, Part II, 603. Kane, P. V., History of Dharmaśāstra, (Poona: Bhandarkar...
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  • History of Dharmaśāstra, (Poona: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1975), Volume I, Part I, 566. Olivelle, Patrick, "Dharmaśāstra: A Literary History"...
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