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Patrick Olivelle has been Chair of both the Department of Religious Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and of the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas. He has edited and translated seven early treatises on Indian law, including the Laws of Manu and the legal treatise of Yajñavalkya. As the author of over thirty books, his works have won awards from the Association for Asian Studies and the American Academy of Religion.
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Téléchargez le livre :  G?hastha
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G?hastha

Patrick Olivelle


Oxford University Press

2019-07-11

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For scholars of ancient Indian religions, the wandering mendicants who left home and family for a celibate life and the search for liberation represent an enigma. The Vedic religion, centered on the married household, had no place for such a figure....

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Télécharger le livre :  The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Law
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Through pointed studies of important aspects and topics of dharma in Dharmasastra, this comprehensive collection shows that the history of Hinduism cannot be written without the history of Hindu law. Part One provides a concise overview of the literary genres in which...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2017-12-08

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Télécharger le livre :  The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Law
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Through pointed studies of important aspects and topics of dharma in Dharmasastra, this comprehensive collection shows that the history of Hinduism cannot be written without the history of Hindu law. Part One provides a concise overview of the literary genres in which...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2017-12-08

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Télécharger le livre :  King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India
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King, Governance, and Law in Ancient India presents an English translation of Kautilya's Arthasastra (AS.) along with detailed endnotes. When it was discovered around 1905, the AS. was described as perhaps the most precious work in the whole range of Sanskrit...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2012-08-01

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Télécharger le livre :  Manu's Code of Law
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Manu's Code of Law is one of the most important texts in the Sanskrit canon, indeed one of the most important surviving texts from any classical civilization. It paints an astoundingly detailed picture of ancient Indian life-covering everything from the constitution of...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2004-12-09

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Télécharger le livre :  Pañcatantra
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The Pancatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. No other Indian work has had a greater influence on world literature, and no other collection of stories has become as...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 1999-11-25

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Télécharger le livre :  The Early Upanishads
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This is the full edition of the early Upanisads, the central scriptures of Hinduism. Featuring Patrick Olivelle's acclaimed new English translation (Oxford, 1996), it also includes the complete Sanskrit text, as well as variant readings, scholarly emendations, and...

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1998-09-24

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Télécharger le livre :  Pañcatantra
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The Pancatantra is the most famous collection of fables in India and was one of the earliest Indian books to be translated into Western languages. No other Indian work has had a greater influence on world literature, and no other collection of stories has become as...

Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 1997-10-23

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Télécharger le livre :  The Asrama System
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The lesser known and explored of the two pillars of Hinduism--asrama and var?a--asrama is the name given to a system of four distinct and legitimate ways of leading a religious life: as a celibate student, a married householder, a forest hermit, and a world renouncer....

Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 1993-10-14

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Télécharger le livre :  The Samnyasa Upanisads
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