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Dharmasutra Parallels : Containing the Dharmasutra of Apastamba, Gautamba, Baudhayana and Vasistha

Olivelle Patrick

Dharmasutra Parallels : Containing the Dharmasutra of Apastamba, Gautamba, Baudhayana and Vasistha - Delhi Motilal Banarasidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2005 - 230p

Contents: Introduction; synopsis; Dharmasutra parallels; 1. Introduction; 2. Sources and arbiters of dharma; 3. Diversity of dharma; 4. Varana system; 5. Asrama system; 6. Vedic students; 7. Santaka; 8. Marriage; 9. Householder; 10. Women; 11. Children; 12. Kinship; 13. Inheritance; 14. Vedic study; 15. Teacher; 16. Ritual activities; 17. Gifts; 18. Guests; 19. Rules of precedence; 20. Greetings; 21. Food; 22. Death; 23. Ancestral offering; 24. Impurity and purification; 25. Acentic householders; 26. Forest hermits; 27. Wandering mendicants; 28. Sins and penances; 29. King and state; 30. Judicial process; 31. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index to citations.

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