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020 _a9780140445404
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082 _a340.090000
_bDON-2
100 _aDoniger Wendy
245 _aThe laws of manu
260 _aLondon
_bPenguin Books
_c1991
300 _a362p
_cLxxviii
365 _b Gratis
505 _aIntroduction; Part I: The history of the text. The importance of The laws of Manu ; The history of the text in Europe : the British and Nietzsche ; The Vedic background : food and eaters ; The revaluation of all values : violence and vegetarianism ; The authority of the Veda in Manu; Part II: The structure and meaning of the text. The coherence of Manu ; Law in extremity ; Contradictions in Manu ; 'Between the idea/and the reality' Part III: The translation. Why Bühler is not good enough ; The continuous narrative ; Translating against the conimentaries ; The text and the critical apparatus; The laws of Manu.
650 _a1.Manu - Law
700 _aSmith Brian K
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