Essay name: Vishnu Smriti (Study)
Author:
Minu Bhattacharjee
Affiliation: Gauhati University / Department of Sanskrit
This is an English study of the Vishnu-Smriti: an ancient Sanskrit Sutra dealing with the rules of various traditions and customs such as Dharmashastra, Caste, Monarchy, Law, Penances and Asceticism. The Vishnu-smriti in one hundred chapters is presented in the form of a dialogue between Vishnu and Prithvi (the goddess Earth).
Note on Methodology
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NOTE ON METHODOLOGY
Underlinings
The main Heading and Sub-headings of a Chapter are given
in block letters and underlined.
The
All book names in the main text are underlined.
initial letters of such words as Veda, Br膩hma峁嘺, Pur膩峁嘺 etc.
are given in Capital when these are written individually but
when these words are suffixed with other words as Rgveda, ita-
reyabr膩hma峁嘺 etc. they are written in small type.
The technical words such as 艣raddha, Agauca, Vrata,
Pr膩ya艣citta etc. are written with the initial letter in Capital
without underlining them.
The names of authors and books in the quotations occur-
ring. in foot-notes are written without the initial letter in
capital. The names of books in such quotations are also not
underlined. Only the names of books from which the reference
is made is underlined.
Typing
The foot-notes are typed in double space like the text
itself in order to make it convenient for putting diacritical
marks as the quotations are mostly in Sanskrit and written in
Roman script.
