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Dharma : studies in its semantic, cultural, and religious history / edited by Patrick Olivelle.

Contributor(s): Series: Sources of ancient Indian lawPublication details: Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2009.Edition: 1st. enl. rev. edDescription: viii, 492 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9788120833388
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.507
LOC classification:
  • BL1213.52 .D43 2009
Contents:
CONTENTS: Preface; PAUL HORSCH From Creation Myth to World Law: " The Early History of Dharma; JOELP. BRERETON Dharman in the Rgveda; PATRICK OLIVELLE The Semantic History of Dharma the Middle and Late Vedic Periods; RUPERT GETHIN He Who Sees Dhamma Sees Dhammas: Dhamma in Early Buddhism; COLLETT COX From Category to Ontology: The Changing Role of Dharma in Sarvastivada Abhidharma; OLLE QVARNSTROM Dharma in Jainism - A Preliminary Survey; RICHARD W. LARIVIERE Dharmasastra, custom, 'Real Law and 'Apocryphal' Smrtis; ALBRECHT WEZLER Dharma in the Veda and the Dharmasastras; JOHN BROCKINGTON The Concept of Dharma in the Ramayana; JAMES L. FITZGERALD Dharma and its Translation in the Mahabharata; ASHOK AKLUJKAR Can the Grammarians' Dharma Be a Dharma for All?; JOHANNES BRONKHORST Some Uses of Dharma in Classical Indian Philosophy; FRANCIS X. CLOONEY, S. J. Pragmatism and Anti-Essentialism in the Construction of Dharma in Mimamsa Sutras- 7.1.1-12; SHELDON POLLOCK The Meaning of Dharma and the Relationship of the Two Mimamsas: Appayya Diksita's 'Discourse on the Refutation of a Unified Knowledge System of Piirvamimarpsa and Uttaramimamsa'; DONALD R. DAVlS, JR. Dharma in Practice: Acara and Authority in Medieval Dharmasastra; DOMINIK WUJASTYK Medicine and Dharma; FRANK J. KOROM The Bengali Dharmaraj in Text and Context: Some Parallels; JOHN TABER The Significance of Kumarila's Philosophy; PAUL HACKER Dharma in Hinduism
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BOOKs NLS General Stacks 294.507 OLI-2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Available Recommended by Dr. Chandraban P Yadav 40198

"Reprint from the English language edition: Journal of Indian philosophy, volume 32/numbers 5-6"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

CONTENTS: Preface; PAUL HORSCH From Creation Myth to World Law: " The Early History of Dharma; JOELP. BRERETON Dharman in the Rgveda; PATRICK OLIVELLE The Semantic History of Dharma the Middle and Late Vedic Periods; RUPERT GETHIN He Who Sees Dhamma Sees Dhammas:
Dhamma in Early Buddhism; COLLETT COX From Category to Ontology: The Changing Role of Dharma in Sarvastivada Abhidharma; OLLE QVARNSTROM Dharma in Jainism - A Preliminary Survey; RICHARD W. LARIVIERE Dharmasastra, custom, 'Real Law and 'Apocryphal' Smrtis; ALBRECHT WEZLER Dharma in the Veda and the Dharmasastras; JOHN BROCKINGTON The Concept of Dharma in the Ramayana; JAMES L. FITZGERALD Dharma and its Translation in the Mahabharata; ASHOK AKLUJKAR Can the Grammarians' Dharma Be a Dharma for All?; JOHANNES BRONKHORST Some Uses of Dharma in Classical Indian Philosophy; FRANCIS X. CLOONEY, S. J.
Pragmatism and Anti-Essentialism in the Construction of Dharma in Mimamsa Sutras- 7.1.1-12; SHELDON POLLOCK The Meaning of Dharma and the Relationship of the Two Mimamsas: Appayya Diksita's 'Discourse on the Refutation of a Unified Knowledge System of Piirvamimarpsa and Uttaramimamsa'; DONALD R. DAVlS, JR. Dharma in Practice: Acara and Authority in Medieval Dharmasastra; DOMINIK WUJASTYK Medicine and Dharma; FRANK J. KOROM The Bengali Dharmaraj in Text and Context: Some Parallels; JOHN TABER The Significance of Kumarila's Philosophy; PAUL HACKER Dharma in Hinduism

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