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Title: THE LAWS OF MANU
By: Wendy Doniger (Trans), Brian K. Smith (Trans), Wendy Doniger
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0140445404
ISBN 13: 9780140445404
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Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 29 August, 1991
Pages: 448
Translated from: Sanskrit
Description: Offers an encyclopaedic representation of human life in the world, and how it should be lived. This work encompasses topics as wide-ranging as the social obligations and duties of the various castes, the proper way for a righteous king to rule and to punish transgressors, relations between men and women, birth, death, taxes, karma, and rebirth.
Synopsis: The Laws of Manu form a towering work of Hindu philosophy. Composed by many Brahmin priests, this is an extraordinary, encyclopaedic representation of human life in the world, and how it should be lived. Manu encompasses topics as wide-ranging as the social obligations and duties of the various castes, the proper way for a righteous king to rule and to punish transgressors, relations between men and women, birth, death, taxes, karma, rebirth and ritual practices. First translated into English in 1794, its influence spread from Nietzsche to the British Raj, and although often misinterpreted, it remains an essential work for understanding India today.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Returns: Returnable
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