Brahmanical Theories of the Gift A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of the Danakanda of the Krtyakalpataru - Harvard Oriental Series

Bhatta Lakshmidhara (author), David J. Brick (editor), Harvard University (publisher)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This volume constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a dananibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. Specifically, it is a critical edition-based upon all identifiable manuscripts-and complete, annotated translation of the Danakanda ("Book on Gifting"), the fifth section of the encyclopedic Krtyakalpataru (c. 1114-1154) of Laksmidhara and the earliest extant dananibandha. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter.

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Harvard University Department of South Asian Studies

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Book information

ISBN:	9780674088481
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Imprint:	Harvard University Department of South Asian Studies
Pub date:	04 Aug 2015
DEWEY:	294.5
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	765
Weight:	1488g
Height:	254mm
Width:	178mm
Spine width:	38mm