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 4: Literary merits of Vishnu Smriti
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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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The author has used upam膩 ala峁僰膩ra also in the Visnusmrti.
The following verses may be taken into account as examples
of upam膩.8
m峁沶膩lakomalau b膩h奴
karau kisalayopamau /
谤耻办尘补蝉迟补尘产丑补苍颈产丑腻惫奴谤奴
g奴岣峢e liste ca j膩nuni //
VS. 1/25
jamghe virome susame
padavatimanoramau /
jaghana峁� ca ghana峁� madhyam
yath膩 ke艣ari峁嘺岣� sison //
VS. 1/26
辫补诲补苍测腻蝉补颈谤惫补蝉耻尘补迟颈尘
sapadm膩miva kurvat墨m //
rupayauvana sampann膩峁�
vin墨tavadupasthitam //
eva峁� v峁泃tasya n峁沺ate岣�
silonchenapi j墨vata岣� /
vistiryate yaso loke
tailabinduriv膩mbhasi //
VS. 1/29
8. Samya峁� v膩cyamavaidharmya峁� v膩kyaikya upam膩 dvayo岣�
SD. x.17.
