Table of Contents
List of abbreviationsList of contributorsIntroduction, Donald R. Davis, Jr.PART I: HISTORY1. Social and Literary History of Dharmasastra: The Foundational Texts, Patrick Olivelle2. Social and Literary History of Dharmasastra: Commentaries and Legal Digests, Donald R. Davis, Jr. and David BrickPART II: TOPICS3. Epistemology of Law: dharmapramana, Patrick Olivelle4. Social Classes: varna, Mikael Aktor5. Orders of Life: asrama, Patrick Olivelle6. Rites of Passage: samskara, Axel Michaels7. The Vedic Student: brahmacarin, Timothy Lubin8. The Vedic Graduate: snataka, Timothy Lubin9. Marriage and the Householder: vivaha, grhastha, Stephanie W. Jamison
10. Women: stridharma, Stephanie W. Jamison11 Children: putra, duhitr, Donald R. Davis, Jr.12. Inheritance: dayabhaga, Ludo Rocher13. Daily Duties: ahnika, Timothy Lubin14. Food and Dietary Rules: abhaksya, abhojya, Patrick Olivelle15. Gifting: dana, David Brick16. Funeral and Ancestral Offerings: antyesti, sraddha, Matthew R. Sayers17. Impurity and Purification: asauca, Mikael Aktor18. Ascetics: pravrajita, vanaprastha, Patrick Olivelle19. Law During Emergencies: apaddharma, Adam Bowles20. King: rajadharma, Mark McClish21. Punishment: danda, Mark McClish22. Legal Procedure: vyavahara, Patrick Olivelle23. Titles of Law: vyavaharapada, Mark McClish
24. Penance: prayascitta, David Brick25 Vows and Observances: vrata, Donald R. Davis, Jr.26. Pilgrimage: tirthayatra, Knut A. Jacobsen27. Images and Temples: pratistha, Richard H. DavisPART III: INFLUENCES28 History of the Reception of Dharmasastra, Donald R. Davis, Jr.29. A Buddhist Vinaya as a Source for Indian Law, Gregory SchopenPart IV: INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES30. Body, Ariel Glucklich31. Emotions, Maria Heim32. Ritual, Axel Michaels33. Self and Subjectivity: The Wandering Ascetic and the Manifest World, Jonardon Ganeri34. Material Culture and Society: The Ancient Indian Alestake, James McHugh35. Embodiment of Dharma in Animals, Andrea Gutierrez36. Vernacularization, Christian Lee Novetzke
37 Economics and Business as vaisyadharma, Donald R. Davis, Jr.Bibliography