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Manusmriti

The Manusmṛti (Sanskrit: मनुस्मृति), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is a major legal text among the many Dharmaśāstras of Hinduism. It contains rules on many aspects of dharma and is especially famous for its discussion of different rules for the four varnas (act based social classes, often called caste).

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Significance and role in history

GujaratKeralaTamil NaduWareru DhammathatSharia
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Authenticity and inconsistencies in various manuscripts

Patrick OlivellePostmodernVulgateDonigerGanesha
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Structure

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Chronology

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelUpanishadsNumismaticShastrasArtha
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Authenticity and inconsistencies in various manuscripts

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related to Editions and translations · 44
Manusmriti → Bhāratīya, Bombay, Bühler, Calcutta, Clarendon Press, Commentary, Critical Edition, Debrett, East, Ganganath Jha, Hindu Law, ISBN, Kullooka Bhatt, Kullukabhatta Commentary, Law, Manu, Manu's Code, Manus, Manusmr, Manvarth Muktavali
related to Views on Women · 38
Manusmriti → Chapter, Critical Edition, Critics, Doniger, Early Indian Societies, Feminist, However, In, In Chapter, Indian, ISBN, It, Kumkum, Kumkum Roy, Law, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Manava-Dharmasastra, Manohar Publishers
related to In British India · 25
Manusmriti → As, British, British Crown, Buddhists, East India Company, Fatawa-e-Alamgiri, Governor-General Hastings, Hindus, In, India, Indian, Islamic, Jains, Mughal, Muslims, Parsis, Prior, Sharia, Sikhs, South Asia
related to Comparison with other dharmasastras · 22
Manusmriti → According, Along, Constitutional History, Dharma Sutras, Dharma-sastras, Dharma-smriti, Ghose, India, Indian, John Bowker, Jois, Legal, Manava Dharmasastra, Manu Smriti, Many, Narada Smriti, Of, Parashara Smriti, Rama Jois, Smriti
related to Outside India · 17
Manusmriti → Anthony Reid, British India, Burma, Burma's, Cambodia, Hooker, Indonesia, Java, Java-Bali, Myanmar, Siam, Southeast Asia, Thailand, The, The Dharma-sastras, They, Wareru Dhammathat
related to Dharma of the four Varnas · 16
Manusmriti → Action, Adversity, Brahmin, Fourfold Dharma, King, Law, Normal Times, Olivelle, Penance, Rules, Rules Relating, Shudras, The, Times, Vaishyas, Vaiśyas
related to Modern Reception and Criticism · 15
Manusmriti → Ambedkar, For, Hindu, In, India, Indian, Manu, Patrick Olivelle, Rajasthan, Reformers, Scholars, Shudras, Some, The Manusmriti’s, Those
related to Views on Shudras · 15
Manusmriti → Additionally, Ambedkar, Brahmins, Chapter, Conversely, Critics, Kshatriyas, Modern, Shudra, Shudras, The Manusmriti, These, Vaishyas, Vedas, Verse
related to In ancient and medieval India · 14
Manusmriti → Brahmin, David Buxbaum, Dharmasastra, Donald Davis, Gujarat, Hindu, India, It, Kerala, Other, Scholars, South Asian, Tamil Nadu, Thinking
related to Chronology · 11
Manusmriti → BCE, CE, However, Indian, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, Later, Most, Olivelle, Philologists Jones, Upanishads, Vedic

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text law india verses manu states olivelle british commentary texts hindu isbn legal ancient scholars colonial women verse century modern

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Manusmritiis acomplex commentary from women's rights perspective0.90text
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rightsinstance ofand Bhrigu on dharma topics0.80text
lawsinstance ofand Bhrigu on dharma topics0.80text
conductinstance ofand Bhrigu on dharma topics0.80text
varnainstance ofand Bhrigu on dharma topics0.80text
gender normsinstance ofand Bhrigu on dharma topics0.80text
and virtuesinstance ofand Bhrigu on dharma topics0.80text
the Upanishadsinstance ofis untenable due to the language of the text which must be later than the late Vedic texts0.80text
themselves dated a few centuries laterinstance ofis untenable due to the language of the text which must be later than the late Vedic texts0.80text
around 500 BCEinstance ofis untenable due to the language of the text which must be later than the late Vedic texts0.80text

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