मनुस्मृति- Manusmrti: Text with Sanskrit Commentary and English Translation (Set of 2 Volumes)

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The Manusmrti is the most important and earliest metrical work of the Dharmasastra textual tradition of Hinduism. It is a standard work on Hindu law. Indian tradition unanimously regards Manu as the first progenitor of the human race and also its first legislator. This Manu was believed to be the founder of the social and moral order of society. Tracing backward from the Smrtis to the Vedas we found the consciousness of Manu's being the first law giver present in every epoch of Sanskrit literature.

So many editions of this work have been published in India since 1813. This edition contians the commentary of Kullüka. Beside, Manu Smrti has been translated into English several times. The best translation is that of Dr. Bühler in the SBE Series. Dr. Bühler also added an exhaustive and very scholarly introduction to his translation and dealt with numerous problems connected with the Manu Smrti. The present edition contains the revised English translation of Dr. Bühler.

The Specialty of this new revised edition is that it contains Sanskrit text, commentary and English translation in a systematic way, which will be more helpful for the Researchers as well as other general readers of indian Dharma Sastra and law.

Prof. Narasingha Charan Panda (Prof. N.C. Panda) is serving as Professor & Head in the Dept. of Sanskrit, Central University of Odisha, Koraput. Presently, he is also working as Dean, School of Languages along with the responsibility of the post of Director of IQAC at the Central University of Odisha. Earlier, he has also served as the Professor of Sanskrit & Chairman, Dept. of Vishveshvaranand Vishva Bandhu Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studies, Panjab University (Chandigarh), Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Prof. Panda is well- known in the field of Indological Research and combines a comprehensive understanding of scholarly issues, impartial judgment and an exemplary clarity of expression. Field of Specialization: Veda, Indian Philosophy, Buddhism, Art & Architecture, etc.

Prof. Panda has served as ICCR Chair Visiting Professor of Sanskrit at Sanskrit Studies Center, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Besides, Prof. Panda is working as the Editor of International Journal of Indology & Culture (Thai Prajna) -- A Peer Reviewed International Research Journal, being published by the Sanskrit Studies Centre, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. In addition to these, he has written & edited several books.

The most outstanding and popular work on Brahmanical laws is the Manava-Dharma-Sästra or the Manu Smrti. Maharshi Manu is known as its author. The Manu Smrti is written in lucid Sanskrit verse, which comprises 2685 cou- plets arranged in twelve chapters. The work discusses at length the duties of the four castes and the four orders of Hindu So- ciety, the duties of the king in particular and civil and crimi- nal law. The work has been commented by Medhatithi, Govindaraja, Narayana, Kulluka, Raghavananda and Nandana.

The Smrtis mark a distinct period in the evolution of Sanskrit literature. The Manusmrti is the most important and earliest metrical work of Dharmasastra textual tradition of Hinduism. It is a standard work on Hindu law. Indian tradi- tion unanimously regards Manu as the first progenitor of the human race and also its first legislator. This Manu was be- lieved to the founder of the social and moral order of society. Tracing backwards from the Smrtis to the Vedas we found the consciousness of Manu's being the first law giver present in every epoch of Sanskrit literature.