Dharma : its early history in law, religion, and narrative / Alf Hiltebeitel.
| Author/creator | Hiltebeitel, Alf |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011. |
| Description | xvii, 747 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | South Asia research South Asia research (New York, N.Y.) ^A446366 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Aśoka Maurya -- A Vedic history of dharma -- Early Buddhism: three baskets of dharma -- Post-Vedic Brahmanical dharma -- Dharma over time, I: big time dharma -- Dharma over time, II: prophesies of disaster -- Women's dharma: Śāstric norms and epic narratives -- Two dharma biographies? Rāma and Yudhiṣṭhira -- Draupadī and Sītā: dharmapatnīs of two different kinds -- Dharma and the Bhagavad Gītā -- Dharma and bhakti -- Aśvaghoṣa's Buddhacarita: a Buddhist reading of the Sanskrit epics and their treatments of dharma. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010030676 |
| ISBN | 9780195394238 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195394232 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BL1213.52 .H55 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |