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The title Manusmriti is a relatively modern term and a late innovation, probably coined because the text is in a verse form. [2] The over-fifty manuscripts discovered ...
There is some debate over the exact location in which Medhātithi composed his commentary, but there is significant evidence which places him in Kashmir. Julius Jolly argues that he was an inhabitant of Southern India, while Georg Bühler argues (and P. V. Kane tends to agree) that he was a Kashmirian, or at least an inhabitant of Northern India. [1]
The Manusmriti provides punishment to homosexual men and women. Manusmriti says that if a girl has sex with another girl, she is liable for a fine of two hundred coins and ten whiplashes. But if lesbian sex is performed by a mature woman on a girl, her head should be shaved or two of her fingers cut off as punishment.
When in almost the same breath the smrti indicates an institution like niyoga (levirate), and the conditions which should govern its application, and also condemns it as an "animal practice" (paśu-dharma), Manusmriti, IX, 59-63 and IX, 64-69, the juxta-position of apparently opposed views should be treated not as an instance of inconsistency ...
Manusmriti, in verse 2.11, defines Nāstika as those who do not accept "Vedic literature in entirety based on two roots of science of reasoning (Śruti and Smriti)". [5] The 9th century Indian scholar Medhatithi analyzed this definition and stated that Nāstika does not mean someone who says "Vedic literature are untrue", but rather one who ...
It may have been more influential than Manusmriti as a legal theory text. [63] [64] The Nāradasmṛti (~ 5th to 6th-century CE) [55] has been called the "juridical text par excellence" and represents the only Dharmaśāstra text which deals solely with juridical matters and ignoring those of righteous conduct and penance. [65]
Richard Dreyfuss' controversial remarks at a "Jaws" screening in Massachusetts on Saturday have prompted the venue that hosted the event to apologize about the Oscar winner's "distressing and ...
Inconsistencies and conflicting verses are even present within the same script, such as the Manusmriti. Some ancient Indian texts suggest artha are instruments that enable satisfaction of desires; some include wealth, some include power, and some such as the bhakti schools include instruments to love God. Some of this, suggests Krishna ...