Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Date: 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. INSCRIPTION FROM TERENCE DAY on ffep; Clean, tight, unmarked; light rubbing to covers; spine straight and uncreased; very minimal wear; Early textual sources of the vast body of Dharmasastra literature of India on religion, law, and morality contain numerous statements that present or imply an undefined conception of punishment. The author has drawn on these sources to reconstruct the theoretical backgrounds of its distinctive metaphysical, religious, juridical, social, and moral components. He shows that the conception is "the totality of correction principles, powers, agents, processes, and operations through which acts contrary to the Universal Order are counteracted and compensated." The volume contains extensive documentation, a glossary of Sanskrit terms, a selected bibliography, and an index. 1982. Wilfrid Laurier University Press ISBN 0919812155 9780919812154 [CA]