David Brick
Biographic Data
| ID | 3830944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Brick |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Brick |
| SIGNATURE | BRICK D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Widows Under Hindu Law
This book comprises the first exhaustive history of the treatment and status of widows under classical Hindu law or Dharmaśāstra, as it is called in Sanskrit. As such, this book is intended both to contribute to our understanding of how elite male attitudes toward women evolved during precolonial periods in South Asia and to provide crucial context for important colonial debates on Hindu widow remarriage and the Hindu custom of widow self-immolat…
The Debate on Cross-Cousin Marriage in Classical Hindu Law
Bhoḥ as a Linguistic Marker of Brahmanical Identity
This article examines significant, yet apparently unnoticed sociolinguistic aspects of the common Sanskrit particle bhoḥ and its Prakrit equivalent bho, which are frequently used in respectful addresses in our literary sources. Its specific aim is to demonstrate the important connection between bhoḥ and members of the twice- born social classes, especially Brahmins, that pertained during a large period of early South Asian history (c. 500 B.C.E.-…
Śaiva Rites of Expiation
The Incorporation of Devotional Theism into Purāṇic Gifting Rites
The Widow-Ascetic under Hindu Law
This article constitutes a fairly comprehensive, largely diachronic analysis of the restrictions placed upon the non-sexual behavior of widows by works of the classical Hindu legal tradition known as Dharmaśāstra. As such, it systematically examines an array of texts belonging to virtually all periods of Dharmaśāstra, beginning with the earliest surviving Dharmaśāstric works and proceeding chronologically forward. This article, therefore, provide…
The Origin of the Khaṭvāṅga Staff
The Court of Public Opinion and the Practice of Restorative Ordeals in Pre-Modern India
Transforming Tradition into Texts
Transforming Tradition into Texts
The Widow-Ascetic under Hindu Law
This article constitutes a fairly comprehensive, largely diachronic analysis of the restrictions placed upon the non-sexual behavior of widows by works of the classical Hindu legal tradition known as Dharmaśāstra. As such, it systematically examines an array of texts belonging to virtually all periods of Dharmaśāstra, beginning with the earliest surviving Dharmaśāstric works and proceeding chronologically forward. This article, therefore, provide…
The Court of Public Opinion and the Practice of Restorative Ordeals in Pre-Modern India
Transforming Tradition into Texts
The Court of Public Opinion and the Practice of Restorative Ordeals in Pre-Modern India
The Origin of the Khaṭvāṅga Staff
The Widow-Ascetic under Hindu Law
This article constitutes a fairly comprehensive, largely diachronic analysis of the restrictions placed upon the non-sexual behavior of widows by works of the classical Hindu legal tradition known as Dharmaśāstra. As such, it systematically examines an array of texts belonging to virtually all periods of Dharmaśāstra, beginning with the earliest surviving Dharmaśāstric works and proceeding chronologically forward. This article, therefore, provide…
The Incorporation of Devotional Theism into Purāṇic Gifting Rites
Śaiva Rites of Expiation
The Debate on Cross-Cousin Marriage in Classical Hindu Law
Bhoḥ as a Linguistic Marker of Brahmanical Identity
This article examines significant, yet apparently unnoticed sociolinguistic aspects of the common Sanskrit particle bhoḥ and its Prakrit equivalent bho, which are frequently used in respectful addresses in our literary sources. Its specific aim is to demonstrate the important connection between bhoḥ and members of the twice- born social classes, especially Brahmins, that pertained during a large period of early South Asian history (c. 500 B.C.E.-…
Widows Under Hindu Law
This book comprises the first exhaustive history of the treatment and status of widows under classical Hindu law or Dharmaśāstra, as it is called in Sanskrit. As such, this book is intended both to contribute to our understanding of how elite male attitudes toward women evolved during precolonial periods in South Asia and to provide crucial context for important colonial debates on Hindu widow remarriage and the Hindu custom of widow self-immolat…
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