The Vinaya and The Dharmaśāstra

Monastic Law and Legal Pluralism in Ancient India

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ID14799884
AutoresM Voyce (0000-0003-0972-7479, Macquarie University, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume39
Fascículo56
Páginas33-65
Data de publicação2007-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0732-9113 • E-ISSN: 2305-9931
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07329113.2007.10756614
OpenAlexW2031826708
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas6

This article outlines the relationship between the Buddhist Vinaya (the rules of Buddhist monks) and the Dharmasastra in ancient India. My purpose is to show that the Vinaya should not be seen as a form of customary law, but as a wider system of jurisprudence linked to Dharmasastra principles and precepts. I make this argument to show that particular aspects of the Vinaya and the legal relationship with the Dharmasastra are examples of the operation 'legal pluralism'. This concept is useful as a starting point to develop analytical criteria for distinguishing various bodies of law and their interrelationships. I use this concept to show that in the context of the Vinaya and the Dharmasastra, the term 'legal pluralism' helps us to delineate the relationship between the Sangha (Buddhist order of monks) and the Dharmasastra

Archaeology · Argument (complex analysis · Buddhism · Comparative law · Context (archaeology · Dharma · Epistemology · Jurisprudence · Legal pluralism · Legal realism · Pluralism (philosophy · Political science · Religious pluralism · Theology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Philosophy