Dharma its early history in law, religion, and narrative

Between 300 BCE and 200 CE, concepts and practices of dharma attained literary prominence throughout India. Both Buddhist and Brahmanical authors sought to clarify and classify their central concerns, and dharma proved a means of thinking through and articulating those concerns. Alf Hiltebeitel show...

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Main Author: Hiltebeitel, Alf
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2011, 2011
Series:South Asia research / South Asia research
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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