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The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c22.s5: V. Dharma Śāstras

The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times c22.s5

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V. Dharma Śāstras

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*The Mānava Dharma Śāstra*. Edited by N. N. Mandalik with commentaries, Bombay, 1886; by J. Jolly, London, 1887. Earlier editions appeared at Calcutta, 1813; London, 1825; and at Paris in 1830.

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Translations First by Sir W. Jones; by Bühler in S. B. E., Vol. XV, with an excellent introduction; and by A. C. Burnell and E. W. Hopkins (London, 1884). By Gaṅgā Nātha Jhā, with the commentary of Medhātithi, Calcutta, 1921–23.

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*Vaiṣṇava Dharma Śāstra*. Edited by Jolly. Calcutta, 1881.

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*Yājñavalkya Dharma Śāstra*. Edited by Stenzler. Berlin, 1849.

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*Mitākṣarā*. Bombay, 1909. Translation by S. C. Vidyāratna. Allāhābād, 1918.

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*Nārada Smṛti*. Edited by Jolly. Calcutta, 1885.

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*Bṛhaspati Smṛti*. Edited by the Ānandāśrama Sanskrit Series. Poona. Translated by Jolly in S. B. E., Vol. XXXIII.

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*The Dharma Śāstra Saṃgraha*. Edited by Pandit Jīvānanda Vidyāsāgara. Calcutta, 1876.

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(Contains the texts attributed to Atri, Viṣṇu, Harita, Yājñavalkya, Uśānas, Aṅgiras, Yama, Āpastamba, Samavarta, Kātyāyana, Bṛhaspati, Parāśara, Vyāsa, Śaṅkha, Likhita, Dakṣa, Śātātapa, Vasiṣṭha, Gautama and Vṛddha Gautama.) Vol. VII of the S. B. E. Series contains translation of the Viṣṇu by Jolly. The Nārada Smṛti and some parts of Bṛhaspati are in Vol. XXXIII.

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*Bālambhaṭṭī* – a gloss on the Mitākṣarā by Bālambhaṭṭa, ed. Govind Das, Bibliotheca Indica Series.

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*Aparārka’s Commentary on Yājñavalkya Smṛti*, 2 vols, Ānandāśrama, Poona, 1903-4.

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*Viśvarūpa’s Commentary*, ed. S. S. Setlur, 1912, Madras. It forms the basis of Vijñāneśvara’s Mitākṣarā. Nīlakaṇṭha’s Vyavahāra-Mayūkha was translated by Borradaile in 1827. His Nītimayūkha was lithographed at Benares in 1880.