{"product_id":"dharma-studies-in-its-semantic-cultural-and-religions-history-ihf096","title":"Dharma Studies in its Semantic, Cultural and Religions History","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIHF096\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-author\/patrick%20olivelle\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Patrick Olivelle\"\u003ePatrick Olivelle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-publisher\/motilal%20banarsidass%20publishers%20pvt%20ltd\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"MOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD.\"\u003eMOTILAL BANARSIDASS PUBLISHERS PVT. LTD.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2009\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9788120833388\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e492\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e10.0\" X 6.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e930 gm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the Jacket\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e This is the first scholarly book devoted to the study of the term \u003ca href=\"\/it\/article\/dharma-for-modern-man\"\u003edharma\u003c\/a\u003e within the broad scope of Indian cultural and religious history. Most generalizations about Indian culture and religion upon close scrutiny turn out to be inaccurate. An exception undoubtedly is the term dharma. This term and the notions underlying it clearly constitute the most central feature of Indian civilization down the centuries, irrespective of linguistic, sectarian, or regional differences. The nineteen papers included in this collection deal with many significant historical manifestations of the term dharma. These studies by some of the leading scholars in the respective fields will both present a more nuanced picture of the semantic history of dharma by putting contours onto the flat landscape we have inherited and spur further studies of this concept so central for understanding the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePatrick Olivelle\u003c\/b\u003e is the Chair, Department of Asian studies, where he is the professor of \u003ca href=\"\/it\/book\/Hindu\/sanskrit\"\u003eSanskrit\u003c\/a\u003e and Indian Religions. His work has covered the ascetical traditions of Indian, the Upanisads, and the Dharmasastras. Among his major publications are The Asrama System: History and Hermeneutics of a Religious Institution (Oxford, 1993), Pancatantra (1997), The early Upanisads: Annotated Text Translation (Oxford, 1998), Dharmasutra: The law Codes of Apastamba, Gautama, Baudhayana, and Vasistha (Motila Banarsidass, 2000), Manu's Code of Law: A critical edition and translation of the Manava Dharmasastra (Oxford, 2005), and Dharmasutra Parallels: Containing the Dharmasutras of Apastamba, Gautama, Baudhayana, and Vasistha (Motilal Banarsidass, 2005).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreface\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e Most generalizations about Indian culture and religion upon close scrutiny turn out to be inaccurate. An exception undoubtedly is the term dharma. This term and the notions underlying it clearly constitute the most central feature of Indian civilization down the centuries, irrespective of linguistic, sectarian, or regional differences. In a special way, the centrality of dharma to the understanding of Indian religions has been recognized by all scholars. One has only to pick up any introduction to Hinduism of Buddhism to note the prominence given to this term by the authors. Many note the broad semantic compass of the term, often commenting that the term is \"untranslatable\". One is also left with the impression that, following the orientalist image of the \"unchanging\" India, dharma has always been the central concept of Indian religion and culture, that this term has not been subject to evolution and change as its was appropriated, challenged, and sometimes even rejected by different groups and traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Several years ago as I was working on an edition and translation of the Dharmasastras I began to inquire why a new genre of literature should emerge at a particular point in history devoted to the notion of dharma. The emergence of such new genres generally point of new social, economic, and religions circumstances. Invited to present a paper at a conference on \"Asceticism and power\" at the school of oriental and African studies in London in 2001, I began to investigate the use of dharma in the Vedic corpus. To my surprise I found that the term was used sparingly in the texts of the middle and late Vedic period; it certainly was not the central term in the religious vocabulary of the \u003ca href=\"\/it\/article\/understanding-vedas\"\u003eVedas\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The idea of a volume dedicated to investigating the history of dharma was born from those early investigations. I want to thank Phyllis Ganoff for enthusiastically embracing this idea and for devoting a volume of the Journal of Indian Philosophy for this purpose. The seventeen papers included in this collection deal with many significant historical manifestations of the term dharma; they do not deal with all. There are many areas that are untouched by these contributions. Some have been the subject of other studies, such as the Pali term dharma studied by the Geigers. Others, such as the medieval and modern appropriations of the term, especially within the language of religious nationalism (Hindutva) in India and in the vocabularies of contemporary Indian villages, remain to be studied. The selection of the topics covered in this volume was dictated, on the one hand, by the significant areas that demanded coverage and, on the other, by the availability of scholars who were willing and able to contribute.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Nevertheless, I hope that these studies by some of the leading scholars in the respective fields will both present a more nuanced picture of the semantic history of dharma by putting contours onto the flat landscape we have inherited and spur further studies of this concept so central for understanding the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Finally, I want to thank Mr. N.P. Jain and Motilal Banarsidasss for agreeing to publish this volume as a book so that it may be made available to a wider audience. In this book, two additional studies are included, John Taber's important article \"The significance of Kumarila's Philosophy\" and Paul Hacker's \"Dharma in Hinduism\" because it deals with dharma within a broader perspective of its development with the Hindu tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"20%\"\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"65%\"\u003e Preface\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"15%\"\u003e vii-viii\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Paul Horsch:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e From creation Myth to world law; The early Hidtory of Dharma\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1-26\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Joel P. Brereton:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharman in the Rgveda\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 27-67\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Patrick Olivelle:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Semantic History of Dharma the middle and late vedic periods\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 69-89\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Rupert Gethin\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e He Who sees Dharmma Sees Dhammas; Dhamma in early Buddhism\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 91-120\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Collett Cox\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e From category to ontology; The changing role of Dharma in Sarvastivada Abhidharma\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 121-175\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Olle Qvarnstrom\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma in Jainism- A preliminary Survey\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 177-188\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Richard W. Lariviere\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharmasastra, custom, 'Real Law' and 'Apocryphal' Smrtis\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 189-205\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Albrecht Wezier\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma in the Veda and the Dharmasastras\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 207-232\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e John Brockington\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The concept of Dharma in the Ramayana\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 233-248\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e James L. Fitzgerald\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma and its Translation in the \u003ca href=\"\/it\/book\/Hindu\/mahabharata\"\u003eMahabharata\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 249-263\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Ashok Aklujkar\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Can the Grammarians' Dharma Be a Dharma for All?\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 265-310\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Johannes Bronkhorst\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Some uses of Dharma in classical Indian Philosophy\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 311-328\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Francies X. Clooney, S.J.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Pragmatism and Anti-Essentialism in the construction of Dharma in \u003ca href=\"\/it\/book\/Philosophy\/mimamsa\"\u003eMimamsa\u003c\/a\u003e Sutras-7.1.1-12\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 329-346\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Sheldon Pollock\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The meaning of Dharma and the Relationship of the Two Mimamsas; Appayya Diksita's 'Discourse on the Refutation of a Unified Knowledge system of Purvamimamsa and Uttramimamsa'\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 347-389\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Donald R. Davis, JR.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma in practice; Acara and Authority in medieval Dharmasastra\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 391-408\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dominik Wujastyk\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Medicine and Dharma\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 409-420\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Frank J. Korom\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Bengali Dharmaraj in text and context; Some parallels\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 421-448\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e John Taber\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The significance of Kumarila's Philosophy\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 449-474\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Paul Hacker\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Dharma in Hinduism\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 475-492\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cfont color=\"red\" size=\"5\"\u003eSample Pages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096a.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096b.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096c.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096d.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096e.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096f.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096g.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096h.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096i.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096j.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096k.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096l.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096m.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096n.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096o.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096p.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096q.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096r.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096s.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.exoticindia.com\/images\/products\/original\/books-2015\/ihf096t.jpg\"\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44614180897069,"sku":"IHF096","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/dharma_studies_in_its_semantic_cultural_and_religions_ihf096.jpg?v=1677714052","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/it\/products\/dharma-studies-in-its-semantic-cultural-and-religions-history-ihf096","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}