The Law Code of Vishnu

First critical edition of the legal treatise of Vishnu (Vi??u Sm?ti), by Patrick Olivelle, Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He locates the text geographically in Kashmir and dates it to around the seventh century CE based, among other factors, on the iconographic description of Vishnu

The book will be released by Prof. Anne Feldhaus, President, Association for Asian Studies and Foundation Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University; and the Author, Prof. Patrick Olivelle

Panelists: Prof. Martha Selby, Department Chair & Professor, Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin; and Prof. Kumkum Roy, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

(Collaboration: Primus Books)

Event starts on Friday, 06 July 2018 at 05:30 hrs

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Discussions

Dates

06 Jul 2018, 05:30 AM

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The Law Code of Vishnu