Manusmriti; Contemporary Thoughts [Hardcover]

Narhar Kurundkar (Author), Madhukar Deshpande (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1993

TRANS. BY MADHUKAR DESHPANDE.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 157 pages
• Publisher: South Asia Books; 1 edition (October 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 8171545750
• ISBN-13: 978-8171545759
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,227,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars as pure as ganges, February 15, 2001

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Avaneesh Chandra Kaushik (india) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Manusmriti; Contemporary Thoughts (Hardcover)

Firstly , I would say this book is the foundation , the base of Hindu religion ie .sanatan dharma (religion that ever was and ever will remain ) . It is the most respectable epic after Ramayana , Mahabharata , Gita etc .

For narrow political reasons this book is recently under heavy attack . The fact is except for the book everything can be blamed .

The book is as pure as water of gangotri(from where ganga , the holy river originates ). What we see today is not pure thoughts of Manu Maharaj but the thoughts that have polluted over thousands of years of flow .

Manu ji laid foundation of indian society . he defined relations between not only various classes , sections of the sociey but also defined their roles in forming a better society . He brought about a hierarchial order and defined it so neatly , that it was followed for thousand of years in indian subcontinent and form the basis and fabric till date .

Though the book is criticised for the rigid caste system it brought about , actually it was based on the work done by a person and not something hereditary .

and the book just doesn't talk about the caste system . It lays out the whole fabric of society , the relation between mother , father , son , daughter , son in law , daughter in law everbody for that matter . Though some thoughts of his are very shocking , very hateful but it is not the author but the society that has reviewed him .

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars manu sruthi is like a geetha ,, November 24, 2003

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kowshik raayasa (India) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Manusmriti; Contemporary Thoughts (Hardcover)

manu smruthi is not written by any one, it is a flash from rushis . manu smruthi is not only belongs to bramin community but also says to whole community of india. and one thing i want to u that manu smruthi is says only to hindus and not to the all religon.

manu smruthi says that u want to the fellow of india and u want tomake india is great.