A PERSPECITVE ON ANCIENT BRAHMANIC LAW

Authors

  • Jon G. Arapura McMaster University

Keywords:

Ancient Law, Brahmanic Law, Manusmrti, Sruti, Smrti, Dharma, Brahmana, Dharma-sastra, Cosmology

Abstract

In the following space I will endeavour to gain a perspective on law in ancient Brahmanic tradition, based mainly on the great work on dharma bearing the name of Manu. By a perspective, I decidedly mean"a mere" perspective. To profess to write on a text as great as Manusmrti in any other way would be unpardonable audacity. The purpose of writing this is to share my understanding of the matter withthe readers, subject indeed, to being taught better by those who know better.

Author Biography

Jon G. Arapura, McMaster University

Dr. John G. Arapura is Professor Emeritus. Department oj Religious Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

References

J.D. Dowson. Hindu Classical Dictionary. London: Kegan Paul et.al.. 1913. p. 201.

Plato, Laws, Book IX, 853, b, quoted from Plato. The Collected Works, ed. by E. Hamilton and H., Cairns: Princeton University Press, 1961, p. 1414.

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Published

1997-12-31

How to Cite

G. Arapura, J. (1997). A PERSPECITVE ON ANCIENT BRAHMANIC LAW. Journal of Dharma, 22(4), 430–440. Retrieved from https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/jd/article/view/1133

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 4 (1997): Journal of Dharma

Section

Articles