Though humble, the present collection is a rigorous

exercise in providing the interested readers with the

essentials of oriental conventions with special reference

to India on a variety of issues and problems

which may be taken as a holistic approach to things

Indian. Preceded by a general conceptual framework of Dharma‹åstra, the

book attempts to cover topics from Varƒå‹rama to Hindu jurisprudence

via Pa¤chamahåyaj¤a, Ancestor worship and Law of inheritance.

The author Prof. Brajakishore Swain besides being an eminent scholar in Oriental

Studies and Professor of Dharma‹åstra (33 years in Sri Jagannath Sanskrit

University, Puri) is known for his unquenchable thirst in not only allied areas but

areas beyond that horizon. To his credit he has authored thirty-one books and

one hundred and twenty-two research papers in noted journals and lives the life

of a student quite true to the Indian tradition of an ideal Åcårya.