Dharma its early history in law, religion, and narrative
Between 300 BCE and 200 CE, concepts and practices of dharma attained literary prominence throughout India. Both Buddhist and Brahmanical authors sought to clarify and classify their central concerns, and dharma proved a means of thinking through and articulating those concerns. Alf Hiltebeitel show...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2011, 2011
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| Series: | South Asia research / South Asia research
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Between 300 BCE and 200 CE, concepts and practices of dharma attained literary prominence throughout India. Both Buddhist and Brahmanical authors sought to clarify and classify their central concerns, and dharma proved a means of thinking through and articulating those concerns. Alf Hiltebeitel shows the different ways in which dharma was interpreted during that formative period |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 747 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780199897452 |