Apastamba Dharma Sutra - Apastamba Dharma Sutra

Japanese: 《アーパスタンバ・ダルマスートラ》 - あーぱすたんばだるますーとら
Apastamba Dharma Sutra - Apastamba Dharma Sutra

…The Dharma-sutras are mostly about religious duties, such as daily religious practices, purification and atonement, and the rights and duties in each of the four āśrama periods, but also contain some parts that correspond to civil and criminal law, such as family law and court and litigation provisions. They are believed to have been gradually established from around 500 B.C., and several versions are known today, including the Āpastamba-dharmasūtra and the Baudhāyana-dharmasūtra. All of them are written in an extremely simple style called sūtra style, which systematically arranges only the main points, and some of them contain verse, but many of the verse parts are thought to have been added later. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Apastamba Dharmasutra" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…ダルマ・スートラの規定も,日常の宗教的慣習,清めや贖罪,四つの住期〈アーシュラマ〉のそれぞれにおける権利と義務など,宗教的義務に関するものが大部分で,一部に家族法や裁判・訴訟に関する規定など民法,刑法に相当する部分を含んでいる。前500年前後から漸次に成立したと推定され,現在は《アーパスタンバ・ダルマスートラĀpastamba‐dharmasūtra》《バウダーヤナ・ダルマスートラBaudhāyana‐dharmasūtra》など数種が伝わっている。いずれも要点のみを組織的に配列する〈スートラ体〉という極度に簡略な文体で書かれており,一部に韻文を含むが,韻文部分には後世の付加と考えられるものが多い。…

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