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RV 10.136), cf. also that of the bird Laba (RV 10.119) who touches heaven and earth with his wings. The AV contains much popular ...

etc.), a Vedic connection of the so-called S ́iva Pas ́upati found on some Harappa seals (D. Srinivasan 1984) cannot be establis ...

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Appendix: A Synopsis of the Vedic Texts ...

R.gvedic texts Sa ̄mavedic texts Linguistic Period R.gveda Sam.hita ̄1.R.gvedic (S ́a ̄kala) RV (Ba ̄s.kala, Ma ̄n.d.ukeya Sam.h ...

Yajurvedic texts Atharvavedic texts Black YV White YV MS KS/KpS TS VS(M) VS(K) AV,S ́SPS Mai- Kat.ha-/ Taitti- Va ̄ jasasa– Va ̄ ...

CHAPTER 4 The Dharmas ́a ̄stras Ludo Rocher The Concept of Dharma S ́a ̄stras are treatises, usually ancient and authoritative t ...

Hindus only. An individual’s specific dharma (hissva-dhartna) is primarily deter- mined by two criteria: his social class and hi ...

texts are suspended. In such cases a ̄paddharma applies: the Brahman is allowed to pursue a military career, the Ks.atriya may p ...

“hearing,” the dharmasu ̄tras aresmr.ti“recollection.” Some of the dharmasu ̄tras start with the phrase: “the source ofdharma is ...

In connection with the A ̄pastambadharmasu ̄tra reference must be made to the Hiran.yakes ́idharmasu ̄tra, which can hardly be c ...

whom the Maha ̄bha ̄rata describes as brothers. Kane collected and edited 463 fragments, both in prose and in verse (1926–7, 101 ...

prominent in the administration of justice in India under British rule and in Independent India (see below). TheNa ̄radsmr.tihas ...

Books of the East (1880), respectively. The Vis.n.usmr.tiiis divided into 100 chap- ters (adhya ̄ya) of very uneven length: 5 (c ...