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12 - Is There a Hindu Just War?

from Part II - Just War

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2023

By
Torkel Brekke
Edited by
Margo Kitts
Margo Kitts
Affiliation:
Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu
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Summary

This chapter explores key concepts of justice in war in the main strands of Hindu literature on politics: the dharma literature, the Arthashastra (or statecraft) and the animal fables known as the Pancatantra. The chapter ends with a section about the uses of classical Hindu concepts of justice and war in the struggle for independence from British colonial power.

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dharmaMahabharataArthashastraPancatantra
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 269 - 282
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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