The Patityagramanirnaya Uma Publications the ideal king

the ideal king

had announced in the Asiatic Researches at the beginning of the 19th century that he was contemplating "the history of India from the Sanskrit Cashmir authorities" but h did not live long enough to secure the materials

were extremely helpful in clarifying some of the methodological issues raised here

Prabha Duneja

according to which there are six sources of knowledge

The Patityagramanirnaya Uma Publications the ideal kingIt is well known to scholars to Sanskrit literature that being a Brahman carries many obligations and restriction. Much of the extensive literature on Dharma describes these obligations and restrictions in great detail. It is less clear from this literature whether and to what extent breaking these rules has consequences in the real world for transgressing Brahmans. Are these rules mere intellectual play, nothing but a way to mislead the outside world