RELS 203 Lecture 12: RELS 203 LEC 12

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 203
• Professor: James Apple

Document Summary

Laws of manu (cid:862)ma(cid:374)u(cid:863) = eries of codifiers: many law texts precede this, but this is the primary text. Ethical and religious guidelines for society: not like local laws, we do not know how closely these were followed. Written between 200 bce to 200 ce: from the outsider etic perspective, someone within the group would likely tell you that the text is much older. This specific type of text is smriti (that which is remembered) Stable model for the stratification of social order: over time this evolves into jati (cid:862)(cid:271)irth, (cid:272)ase(cid:863) (cid:448)ersus the origi(cid:374)al (cid:862)(cid:272)lass(cid:863) st(cid:455)ste(cid:373) These castes are a mixture of groups that develop differently in different locales and exist today problematic. Defines dharma and roles in society: absorbs aspects from the speculative period. Took ideas about renunciation and leaving society and fit it into the class system. I(cid:374)(cid:272)orporated the idea of (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:862)t(cid:449)i(cid:272)e (cid:271)or(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d the (cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:272)le of re(cid:271)irth.