friends;
As an aspiring undergraduate indologist; i read
your discussions daily with interest (albeit often a bit confusedly when you
speak about languages). Now, i must ask for your learned advice and
assistance. I have been Studying Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa's character in the
Mahabharata for some time now, and as the time of my paper draws imminently
near, i have taken a bit of a new direction. I am now curious about
Vyasa's enaction of leverite to maintain the Kuru line. so i am
undertaking a short-term (to be continued over the summer after completion of
the paper as well) quick and dirty examination of the law of leverite. currently
my only source is Doniger's translation of The Laws of Manu, which i have
failed to find anything discussing leverite in. so, what can you all tell
me about leverite, any english sources i can look to, i have access to the
History of the Dharmasastra, however, i do not really have time
to scour that several thousand page text this week, does anyone have an
idea where this law may be discussed in either of these volumes? Beyond
that, what can anyone tell me about how this law works, who it is intended to be
enacted by, the dharmic consequences of enacting it?
thanks much
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Stephen J
Brown
University of Rochester
" The Spirit of God, I realized, is exaustless
Bliss; His body is countless tissues of light..."
-Paramahansa Yogananda
Lord Buddha was once asked why a man should love
all persons equally.
"Because," the great teacher replied, "in the very
numerous and varied lifespans of
each man, every other being has at one time
or another been dear to him."