Early modern Sanskrit thought and the quest for a perfect understanding of property

Kroll, E. (2007)

Article / Letter to editor

In Sanskrit discourse, discussions about property and ownership traditionally belonged to two disciplines: hermeneutics (mimamsa) and moral-legal science (dharma-sastra). Scholars of hermeneutics tended to ponder the question of what motivated people to acquire and alienate property, and scholars of moral-legal science contemplated exactly how people did acquire, use and alienate property. Beginning in the 16th century, however, a remarkable disciplinary shift occurred.

• History
• Sanskrit
• Modernity

• All authors: Kroll, E.
• Date: 2007
• Publisher: IIAS, Leiden