Encyclopaedia of Dharmashastra

Dharmashastra is not just a corpus of scriptural texts. It is rather a genre in its own right, of writings comprising prescriptive codes of righteous conduct in spheres whether familial, societal, ritualistic, legal, or even political. For the first time, this book offers a quintessential view of the Dharmashastra (smrti) literature. Which today, along with its digests and commentaries, looks like...