Brahmanical Theories of the Gift

This volume constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a dnanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. Specifically, it is a critical editionbased upon all identifiable manuscriptsand complete, annotated translation of the Dnaknda (Book on Gifting), the fifth section of the encyclopedic Krtyakalpataru (c. 11141154) of Laksmdhara and the earliest extant dnanibandha. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter.