History of Dharmaśāstra

धर्मशास्त्रस्य इतिहासः

By Pandurang Vaman Kane (1880–1972)

A monumental encyclopaedic work spanning 6,500+ pages across seven volumes, with 30520 cross-references to Sanskrit texts, Smṛtis, Vedas, and commentaries.

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Source Texts
Browse by Smṛti, Śruti, Purāṇa, or commentary. Follow reference chains across volumes.
66 texts · 30520 cross-references
Topics
Browse by theme: marriage, inheritance, kingship, ritual, penance, pilgrimage, and more.
28 topics across all volumes
Co-Citation Network
Which texts does Kane cite together? Interactive graph of scholarly argumentation patterns.
49 texts · 1053 co-citation links
Subjects
Cross-cutting themes — vyavahāra, dāna, rājadharma — traced wherever they appear across all volumes.
21 subjects · paragraph-level tagging

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Timeline
Chronological view of dates, authors, and texts — from Vedic era to modern scholarship. Click any century to drill in.
3957 dated references · 3000 BCE – 1900 CE
Parva Study Guides
How Kane uses each Mahābhārata parva — every citation across all volumes, with MBTA deep links.
16 parvas · 1225 references

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Vol. I: Part I Volume I: Part I 62 chapters Vol. I: Part II Volume I: Part II 55 chapters Vol. II: Part I Volume II: Part I 18 chapters Vol. II: Part II Volume II: Part II 21 chapters Vol. III Volume III 38 chapters Vol. IV Volume IV 23 chapters Vol. V: Part I Volume V: Part I 21 chapters Vol. V: Part II Volume V: Part II 24 chapters