Published by Columbia University Press

Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought

Volumes

Book 2019

A Śabda Reader

Language in Classical Indian Thought

Johannes Bronkhorst

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The first reader on language in—and the language of—classical Indian philosophy, A Śabda Reader offers a comprehensive and pedagogically valuable treatment of this topic. It brings together newly translated passages by authors from a variety of traditions—Brahmin, Buddhist, Jaina—representing a number of schools of thought.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.7312/bron18940
ISBN:: 9780231548311
Subject:: Theology and Religion
Subject:: Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Subject:: Philosophy of Religion
Publisher:: Columbia University Press

Book 2016

A Dharma Reader

Classical Indian Law

Patrick Olivelle

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A Dharma Reader traces the definition, epistemology, procedure, and process of Indian law from the third century B.C.E. to the middle ages. Its breadth captures the centuries-long struggle by Indian thinkers to theorize law in a multiethnic and pluralist society.