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A treatise on dharma / (Record no. 2892)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674988316
Qualifying information paperback
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Language of cataloging eng
Description conventions rda
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 294.594
100 0# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Yājñavalkya
LC Authority URI <a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50016743">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50016743</a>
Relator term author
9 (RLIN) 158
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A treatise on dharma /
Statement of responsibility, etc Yajnavalkya ; edited and translated by Patrick Olivelle.
246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE
Title proper/short title Yajnavalkya :
Remainder of title a treatise on dharma
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Harvard University Press,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2019
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2019
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xl, 384 pages ;
Dimensions 21 cm
336 ## - Content type term (R)
Source (NR) rdacontent
Content type term (R) text
Content type code (R) txt
337 ## - Media Type (R)
Source (NR) rdamedia
Media type term (R) unmediated
Media type code (R) n
338 ## - Carrier Type (R)
Source (NR) volume
Carrier type term (R) rdacarrier
Carrier type code (R) nc
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Murty classical library of India ;
Volume number/sequential designation 20
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-372) and index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 1. Proper conduct -- 2. Legal procedure -- 3. Expiation.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc "A Treatise on Dharma, written in the fourth or fifth century, is the finest example of the genre of dharmaśāstra (texts on religious, civil, and criminal law and the duties of rulers) that informed Indian life for a thousand years. It illuminates major cultural innovations, such as the prominence of documents in commercial and legal proceedings, the use of ordeals in resolving disputes, and the growing importance of yoga in spiritual practices. Composed by an anonymous author during the reign of the imperial Guptas, the Treatise is ascribed to the Upanishadic philosopher Yajnavalkya, whose instruction of a group of sages serves as the frame narrative for the work. It became the most influential legal text in medieval India, and a twelfth-century interpretation came to be considered "the law of the land" under British rule. This translation of A Treatise on Dharma, based on a new critical edition and presented alongside the Sanskrit original in the Devanagari script, opens the classical age of ancient Indian law to modern readers"--Provided by the publisher.
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note English and on facing page Sanskrit;
Information code or alphabet Devanagari script.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Hindu law
Form subdivision Early works to 1800
9 (RLIN) 159
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Inheritance and succession (Hindu law)
9 (RLIN) 160
Form subdivision Early works to 1800
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Olivelle, Patrick
Name Authority <a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78038500">http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78038500</a>
Relator term editor,
-- translator.
9 (RLIN) 161
830 ## - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Murty classical library of India ;
Volume number/sequential designation 20
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Koha item type Books
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