Dear Nataliya,

You may have a look at

Violence Denied: Violence, Non-Violence and the Rationalization of Violence in South Asian Cultural History, eds.: J.E.M. Houben and K.R. van Kooij. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1999.

Especially the chapters by L. Schmithausen (on Buddhist attitudes towards war) and D. Feller (on the Mahabharata war as a sacrifice) deal explicitly with ethical aspects of war.

Best,

Jan

On Wed, 22 Jul 2020 at 08:23, Nataliya Yanchevskaya via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote:

Dear All,
Could you please suggest any Sanskrit texts that specifically deal with war ethics? Apart from the Bhagavad Gita and the epics (the MBh, first of all), there are some bits and pieces in the Arthaśāstra and Dharmaśāstras that I know about.
Are there any "theoretical" works on war ethics? on laws of war and rules for warriors?
All suggestions would be very welcome.
Best wishes,
Nataliya

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Nataliya Yanchevskaya
Lecturer in Sanskrit
PIIRS, Princeton University
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