Table of Contents

List of abbreviations
List of contributors
Donald R. Davis, Jr.: Introduction
PART I: HISTORY
1: Patrick Olivelle: Social and Literary History of Dharmaśāstra: The Foundational Texts
2: Donald R. Davis, Jr. and David Brick: Social and Literary History of Dharmaśāstra: Commentaries and Legal Digests
PART II: TOPICS
3: Patrick Olivelle: Epistemology of Law: dharmapramāṇa
4: Mikael Aktor: Social Classes: varṇa
5: Patrick Olivelle: Orders of Life: āśrama
6: Axel Michaels: Rites of Passage: saṃskāra
7: Timothy Lubin: The Vedic Student: brahmacārin
8: Timothy Lubin: The Vedic Graduate: snātaka
9: Stephanie W. Jamison: Marriage and the Householder: vivāha, gṛhastha
10: Stephanie W. Jamison: Women: strīdharma
11: Donald R. Davis, Jr.: Children: putra, duhitṛ
12: Ludo Rocher: Inheritance: dāyabhāga
13: Timothy Lubin: Daily Duties: āhnika
14: Patrick Olivelle: Food and Dietary Rules: abhakṣya, abhojya
15: David Brick: Gifting: dāna
16: Matthew R. Sayers: Funeral and Ancestral Offerings: antyeṣṭi, śrāddha
17: Mikael Aktor: Impurity and Purification: āśauca
18: Patrick Olivelle: Ascetics: pravrajita, vānaprastha
19: Adam Bowles: Law During Emergencies: āpaddharma
20: Mark McClish: King: rājadharma
21: Mark McClish: Punishment: daṇḍa
22: Patrick Olivelle: Legal Procedure: vyavahāra
23: Mark McClish: Titles of Law: vyavahārapada
24: David Brick: Penance: prāyaścitta
25: Donald R. Davis, Jr.: Vows and Observances: vrata
26: Knut A. Jacobsen: Pilgrimage: tīrthayātrā
27: Richard H. Davis: Images and Temples: pratiṣṭhā
PART III: INFLUENCES
28: Donald R. Davis, Jr.: History of the Reception of Dharmaśāstra
29: Gregory Schopen: A Buddhist Vinaya as a Source for Indian Law
Part IV: INTERPRETIVE APPROACHES
30: Ariel Glucklich: Body
31: Maria Heim: h Chapter 31:
32: Axel Michaels: Ritual
33: Jonardon Ganeri: Self and Subjectivity: The Wandering Ascetic and the Manifest World
34: James McHugh: Material Culture and Society: The Ancient Indian Alestake
35: Andrea Gutierrez: Embodiment of Dharma in Animals
36: Christian Lee Novetzke: Vernacularization
37: Donald R. Davis, Jr.: Economics and Business as vaiśyadharma
Bibliography

About the Author

Patrick Olivelle is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on the ancient Indian legal tradition of Dharmasastra. Olivelle has won several prestigious fellowships, including Guggenheim, NEH, and ACLS. He was elected Vice President of the American Oriental Society in 2004 and President in 2005. He is the editor of A Dharma Reader: Classical Indian Law (Columbia University Press,
2016). Donald R. Davis is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His current research broadens his interest in the practice of Hindu law in historical
perspective, using materials beyond the Dharmasastra texts and from many parts of medieval India.

Reviews

...superb...
*Herman Tull, International Journal of Hindu Studies*

[T]his is a work that will inform the field for decades to come.
*Brian A. Hatcher, Reading Religion*