Essay name: Devala-smriti (critical study)
Author:
Mukund Lalji Wadekar
Affiliation: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda / Department of Sanskrit Pali and Prakrit
This essay represents an English study of the Devala-smriti—an ancient text attributed to sage Devala classified as belonging to the Dharma-Shastra branch of Indian literature which encompasses jurisprudence and religious law. This study deals with the reconstructed text of the Devala-smriti based on surviving references, emphasizing Devala’s unique viewpoints on social, religious, and philosophical aspects, particularly the Sankhya and Yoga philosophies.
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original Smá¹›ti-work. Moreover, Sankaracarya's reference to this
work, as embodying the Sankhya philosophy, awakened great curiosity
& interest of mine, in this lost work & impelled me to find out,
in entirety, the said contribution of Devala to the Sankhya system.
The present thesis is bound in three volumes :
(I) Volume I contains
Part I (Section I - Introduction & Section II Text)
(II) Volume II contains
Part II (Sources & Variants)
(III) Volume III contains
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Part III (Critical Study) and Part IV (Appendices)
The standard rules of transliteration have been followed
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In course of this research work, I have taken assistance
and guidance from several scholars, to whom I am highly obliged
& I express my deep sense of gratitude to all of them.
I am highly grateful & indebted to my revered guide
Mm. Dr.A.N. Jani, a versatile & profound oriental scholar of Baroda,
(formerly the Head of the Department of Sanskrit & Director of the
Oriental Institute of Baroda, presently a Senior Scholar in the
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