About the Book
Present volume is a co-operative contribution to studies in Hindu Dharma- sastra (composed in Sanskrit language). It comprises of scholarly findings of the students of Indology. The papers cover a range of topics encompassing economic, sociological, philosophical, religious and legal aspects dealt in the Dharmasastra as also their relevance in the present times.
We should not feel content with giving the views of Indian and foreign Indologists to demarcate the time of composition of ancient Indian literature such as Veda and Dharmasastra to pre- Mauryan and post-Mauryan period only. To quote K. Motwani : Let us review in the light of the views and opinions of few great men and women of recent times whose writings and utterances contain references to Manu and whose thinking and live have in some measure been influenced by Manu’s teachings.
The Dharmarsastra literature has preserved ancestry and contemporaneity both by way of interpretation and commentaries, in each century. The accreditation to Indian wisdom as the earliest source of kowledge is indisputable established by the different Law Codes available in far East/South and West of Asia as also in Europe, Conscientious thinkings of ancient saints and seers will continue to “humanise the humanity”. The present work is a tiny step to reach unto the goal.
Contents
Keynote address
Editor’s note
Articles
1.
The Concepts of Religion and Dharma compared
1-10
2.
The Relevance of Dharmasastra for Economic
11-28
3.
Economics and Action : Relevance of Dharmasastras for the Modern World
4.
The Impact of Dharmasastras on Modern Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhana
53- 66
5.
Dharmasastra and Contemporary Hindu tall
67- 76
6.
The Efficacy of Pilgrimage in the Modern World
77- 85
7.
Some Ideas about Family and Marriage in the Srautasutras
86- 95
8.
Crime and Punishment : In the Dharmasastra and the Contemporary Hindu Law
96-110
9.
Varna Dharma or Caste-System
111-125
10.
Hierarchy in Dharma Sutras
126-137
11.
The Need and Scope of Dharmasastras in Modern Times
138-144
12.
स्मृतिग्रंथो की परम्परा और अविभक्त हिन्दू कुटुम्ब
145-156
13.
सुरापान : एक महापातक
157-175
14.
स्त्रीधन एवम उत्तराधिकार का अनुक्रम
176-196
Vedas (1174)
Upanishads (499)
Puranas (627)
Ramayana (745)
Mahabharata (362)
Dharmasastras (167)
Goddess (494)
Bhakti (243)
Saints (1508)
Gods (1275)
Shiva (376)
Journal (184)
Fiction (66)
Vedanta (363)
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