Download or read book Brahmanical Theories of the Gift written by Lakṣmīdharabhaṭṭa and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brahmanical Theories of the Gift constitutes the first critical edition and translation into any modern language of a dānanibandha, a classical Hindu legal digest devoted to the culturally and religiously important topic of gifting. David Brick has included an extensive historical introduction to the text and its subject matter.