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).
Chapter 1 - Introduction
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9 32
is also found in the same brahmana. The Taittiriya br膩hma峁嘺
33 also referred to marriage. The Aranyakas and the Unanisas
are mainly important for philosophical discourses.
34 The
Taittiriya-aranyaka hints at late marriage. The Chanday蓴u.
ponisad 酶 refers to the admission of a student to the institu-
35 tion of a guru.
The 艣rauta and the Grhyasutras :
The sacrificial and domestic rites of the people oi
India are systematically treated in the sutra literatures.
The 艣rauta sutras, the Grhya-sutras and the Dharma-sutra
treatises are known as Kalpa-s奴tras, The word Kaip 15
a ritual and the word sutra means an aphorism. Those wiitings
which deal with Vedic, domestic and customary rituals in the
form of aphorisms are designated as Kalpasutras.
sutras discuss the rituals and traditions current in differe
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nt Veda-sakh膩s.
All the Vedas had once their respective and
independent Kalpas奴tras.
31.
SB. XI. 3.3.1, V. 1.5, 17
32. SB. 1.8.3.8
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33.
Ya峁� k膩mayate duhitara峁� priy膩sy膩diti ta峁�
nistyayam dadyat.
TB. 1.5.2
Ni峁ａ弓y膩 sv膩t墨 nak峁tra峁� tasminnak峁tredatt膩
duhita patyau岣� priyaiva bhavati.
34.
TA. 1. 27
35.
Ch. UP. IV. 4.
厂腻测补苍补.
