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Ownership and inheritance in Sanskrit jurisprudence

Abstract:: An account of theories of ownership (svatva) and inheritance (daya) in Sanskrit jurisprudence (Dharmashastra).

This thesis concerns the development of the concept of ownership (svatva) in Sanskrit jurisprudential literature (Dharmaśāstra) and in Sanskrit philosophical literature (Mīmāṃsā and Navya-Nyāya) between the 11th and 19th centuries CE. Scholastic Sanskrit literature (śāstra) boasts one of the world’s most detailed and sustained inquiries into the philosophical nature - a...
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Fleming, C. (2017). Ownership and inheritance in Sanskrit jurisprudence [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford.

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Fleming, C. Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence. University of Oxford, 2017.

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Fleming, C. 2017. “Ownership and Inheritance in Sanskrit Jurisprudence.” PhD thesis, University of Oxford.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Oxford college:: Balliol College
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Type of award:: DPhil
Level of award:: Doctoral
Awarding institution:: University of Oxford

UUID:: uuid:8595158c-24db-4b69-9fe9-ac506b7b41bd
Deposit date:: 2018-03-27

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Copyright date:: 2017

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