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Position of women in Manusmr̥ti, work on ancient Hindu law; a study

Nature and epistemology of law. Early thinkers: Apastamba (late third century B.C.E.), Patanjali (mid-second century B.C.E.) ; Later aphoristic texts on dharma: Gautama (late second century B.C.E.), Baudhayana (early first century B.C.E.), Vasistha (late first century B.C.E.) ; Perspectives from political science: Kautilya (first-second century C.E.) ; Innovations of Manu (mid-second century C.E.) ; Developments after Manu: Yajnavalkya (fourth-fifth century C.E.), Vishnu (seventh century C.E.), Parasara (seventh century C.E.) ; The school of vedic exegesis: Sabara (fifth century C.E.), Kumarila (seventh century C.E.) ; Early commentators: Bharuci (seventh century C.E.), Visvarupa (early ninth century C.E.), Medhatithi (second half of the ninth century C.E.) ; Medieval commentators and systematizers: Commentators of Manu: Govindaraja (eleventh-twelfth century C.E.), Nandana, Kulluka (fourteenth century C.E.); Commentators of Yajnavalkya: Vijnanesvara (fl. 1100-1125 C.E.), Apararka (first half of the twelfth century C.E.); Legal digests-Nibandhas: Devanna Bhatta (circa 1200 C.E.) -- Courts of law and legal procedure. The beginnings: Apastamba, Gautama, Baudhayana, Visistha ; The early theorists: Kautilya, Manu ; The mature phase: Yajnavalkya, Narada (fifth-sixth century C.E.) ; Early commentators: Bharuci, Medhatithi ; Medieval commentators and systematizers: Vijnanesvara, Devanna Bhatta

Introduction -- Antecedents and Preview -- Early Vedic Era -- Vedic Scriptures, Janapadas, and Women -- Jaina and Buddhist Canon and Women -- Dharma Sūtras -- Mauryan Empire and Arthaśāstra -- Early Classical Era -- Arthaśāstra and Manu Smŗiti -- Pre-Guptan and Guptan Monarchs -- Yājňavalkya Smŗiti and Nārada Smŗiti.

Intro -- Series Editors' Preface -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Cow Care in Hindu Animal Ethics -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Terminology and Spelling -- References -- 2 The Release of Cosmic Cows -- The Rigveda-Cows Ranging in Meaning -- The Upanishads-Cows and the Acquisition of Higher Knowledge -- The Mahabharata-Pursuing Dharma with Cows -- The Bhagavata Purana-Cows in the World of Bhakti -- Krishna and His Cows in Vraja -- Vraja Bhakti Poetry-The Buttery Sweet Language of Love -- Compilations-Trails Toward Modern Cow Care -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- 3 Cows in Contested Fields -- Hindus' Modern Concern for Cows -- Dayananda Saraswati: "Cow-Reservoir of Compassion" -- Mahatma Gandhi: "The Law of Our Religion" -- B. R. Ambedkar: Compassion Denied the "Untouchables" -- Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: Cow Care for the World -- Ancient Texts, Modern Controversies -- Nonviolence Preferred in Dharmashastra -- Thinking Aloud in the Sacrifice of War -- Violence, Nonviolence-And Cows in the Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavata Purana -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- 4 Surveying the Cow Care Field -- Cows (Un)Sheltered -- The Economics of Reverence and Care -- Bovine Products as Added Value -- Milk -- Ghee -- Dung and Urine -- Panchagavya -- Male Bovine Care and the Issue of Violence -- Intangible Benefits of Bovine Care and Proximity -- Bovines as Purifying Agents -- Learning Lessons from Cows -- "Keeping Cows, You Keep Your Sanity" -- Go-seva and Bhakti -- Ritual Bovine Veneration: Creating and Affirming Community -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- 5 Cow Care and the Ethics of Care -- Dharma and Animal Ethics -- Dharma as Settled Duty -- Dharma as Deliberation on Right Action -- Dharma as Cultivation of Virtue -- From Dharma to Yoga -- From Yoga to Bhakti.