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鈥攁n 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鈥檚 unique viewpoints on social, religious, and philosophical aspects, particularly the Sankhya and Yoga philosophies.
Chapter 1 - Introductory Remarks regarding the Devala Smriti
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volume of his H.D.S. He writes, "It would be a great service, if
some scholar puts together in one volume all the passages of
Devala, occurring in Kalpataru, Apararka & other early Nibandhas
with notes about parallel passages etc.
5 Similarly he also remarks, "His quotations from Devala and
Harita (both in prose & verse) are very extensive. If some scholar
undertook the work of collecting together even all the prose
passages of Devala, Sankha-Likhita & Harita, drawn from the
several commentaries & Nibandhas, it would be a large and valuable
work. For example, if one collects only the prose passages of Devala,
(cited in Apararka, they will cover about five closely printed pages
of the same work..
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6 Dr.K.P.Jayaswal in his book, entitled "Manu & Yajnavalkya"
also opines, "Some scholars should collect the fragments of Devala
& Vyasa"
7 Dr. Bhabatosh Bhattacharya has written a long article on
8 "the Devalasmrti" in which he refers to numerous passages, in
the various works on Dharmasastra & he finishes his article with
the conclusion", so it is now possible to collect, arrange &
reconstruct the text of the lost but highly important Devalasmrti
both prose & verse, from the profuse quotations in the above
eighteen & other digests & commentaries, viz. the Dayabhaga,
Mitaksara, Haralat膩, T墨rthacint膩mani, D膩nak膩nda, D膩nas膩gara etc
on the lines of the reconstruction of the three other lost Dharma-
9 sastra texts, viz. Sankhalikhita, Katyayana & Brhaspati"
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