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1. Introduction,<br/>A. Classical Dharma Texts and Their Relative Dating,<br/>B. Three Critical Editions,<br/>C. Paradigm Shifts on Dharma: The Case of the<br/>Mahabharata,<br/>D. Chapter by Chapter,<br/>2. Asoka Maurya,<br/>A. A^oka's Inscriptions,<br/>B. A Comprehensive Dhamma,<br/>3. A Vedic History of Dharma,<br/>A. Dhdrman in Early and Later Rgvedic Usages,<br/>B. Dhdrman as Enigma,<br/>C. Dhdrman and Rgvedic Kingship,<br/>D. Mantra Period and Later Samhitd Usages,<br/>E. The Brahmanas,<br/>F. The Upanisads,<br/>4. Early Buddhism; Three Baskets of Dharma,<br/>A. Sutra Basket Dharma,<br/>B. Abhidharma Basket Dharma,<br/>C. Vinaya Basket Dharma,<br/>5. Post-Vedic Brahmanical Dharma,<br/>A. Vedic Schools and the Dharmasutras,<br/>B. Toward Consensus in Brahmanical Dharma Texts,<br/>C. What's New with Manu,<br/>D. Brahma in Manu's Frame Narrative,<br/>E. Varna (Caste), Asrama (Life Pattern), the King, Sudras,<br/>and Women,<br/>F. Rdjadharma: Establishing a King's Dharma,<br/>G. A Day in a King's Life,<br/>6. Dharma over Time, I: Big Time Dharma,<br/>A. Kalpas and Yugas,<br/>B. Buddhist and Hindu Kalpas,<br/>C. Originary Dharma in the Mahdbhdrata,<br/>D. Kalpas, Manvantaras, and Yugas in Manu and<br/>the Mahdbhdrata,<br/>7. Dharma over Time, II: Prophesies of Disaster,<br/>A. The Yuga Purdria,<br/>B. Variations on the Debacle at KausambT,<br/>C. The Yuga Purdna and the KausambT Myth,<br/>8. Women's Dharma: Sastric Norms and Epic Narratives,<br/>A. Stndharma<br/>B. The Law of the Mother,<br/>C.' ^Mother Gariga,<br/>D. Mother KalT Satyavatl,<br/>E. The Transitional "Three Mothers,"<br/>F. Mothers KuntT and Gandharl,<br/>G. KuntT, MadrT, and Pandu among the Hundred Peak<br/>Mountain Rsis,<br/>H. Settling Mother KuntT and Her Sons Back at<br/>Hastinapura,<br/>I. Conclusions,<br/>9. Two Dharma Biographies? Rama and Yudhisthira,<br/>A. The Royal Life as Adventure,<br/>B. Frames and Frontmatter on Rama, Yudhisthira,<br/>and Dharma,<br/>C. Sidestories and Subtales, Foregrounding and<br/>Legal Precedent,<br/>D. Monstrous Encounters,<br/>E. Questionable Killings: Valin and Drona,<br/>E. Rama and Yudhisthira: Some Comparative Points,<br/>10. DraupadT and STta: Dharmapatnis of Two DifTerent Kinds,<br/>A. Family Background, Birth, and Childhood,<br/>B. Marriage, Divine Plan, Early Signs of Trouble,,<br/>C. STta and DraupadT on Their Svadharma,<br/>D. Captivity and Exile,<br/>11. Dharma and the Bhagavad Gita,<br/>A. Svadharma and Svakarma: Qualities, Merits, and Virtues,<br/>B. Who Has Svadharma?,<br/>C. Manu and the Bhagavad Gita: Two Kinds of Karmayoga,<br/>D. Where Krsna Is There Is Dharma,<br/>E. Dharma Rings in the Bhagavad Gita Proper,<br/>12. Dharma and Bhakti,<br/>A. Mapping the Divine Plans,<br/>B. The Placer and the Ordainer,<br/>C. "Avatara,"<br/>D. Friendship, Hospitality, and Separation,<br/>E. Rsidharma,<br/>F. Rama and Krsna as Guests, Hosts, and Friends,<br/>13. Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita: A Buddhist Reading of the Sanskrit<br/>Epics and Their Treatments of Dharma,<br/>A. Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita,<br/>B. The Centrality of Dharma in Asvaghosa's Buddhacarita,<br/>C. Asvaghosa the Brahmin, Buddhist Convert, and Scholar,<br/>D. Asvaghosa and Epic Precedents,<br/>E. The Buddhacarita and the Rdmdyana,<br/>F. The Buddhacarita and the Mahdbhdrata,<br/>G. Postscript on Asoka, |
