Gift and Return Gift, Greeting and Return Greeting in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5833478 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Axel Michaels (1Südasien-Institut Universität HeidelbergIm Neuenheimer Feld 330D-69120 Heidelberg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 242-269 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Numen (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-5973 • E-ISSN: 1568-5276 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1568527971655922 |
| OpenAlex | W2081553008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
In a remarkable, often quoted footnote of his famous "Essai sur le don," Marcel Mauss wonders that traditional Hindu law does not really prescribe the obligation to return a gift (Skt. dāna). According to some authors (J. Parry, Th. Trautmann, G. Raheja et al.) Mauss has demonstrated by this footnote his lack of a firm grasp of the theory of dāna since he did not notice that a dāna contains too much impurity or inauspiciousness to return to its donor. On the basis of striking parallels between the Śāstric theories of greeting (abhivādanadharma) and gift-giving (dānadharma), this paper questions the aspect of impurity in the gift and argues that kingly generosity or liberality and the meritious attitudes of asceticism have been the major source for giving gifts
Asceticism · Generosity · Gift giving · Obligation · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Religion and Society Interactions
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Introduction to Special Issue
Old and New Forms of Giving
Gift” in Gāndhārī epigraphical sources. A comparative analysis of G. dana-, danamuha - and deyadhaṃma
Afterword
Towards a Comparative Anthropology of the Buddhist Gift (and Other Transfers)
Generosity as Ethics
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.32 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |