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
14 (of 14)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
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dharmarthau yatra na sy膩t膩峁�
su艣ru峁Ｄ� v膩pi tadvidh膩 /
tatra vidya na vaktavy膩
subha峁� bijamivo峁re //
VS. 29/8
The chapter 99 of the Visnusmrti is also full of sentiment
and different figures of speech. It may perhaps be said that
the Visnusmrti differs to a great extent from other works on
the dharmasastra literature and this work may perhaps be
said to show the transition of vedic style to classical
style as we find here the admixture of vedic and classical
style.
The Visnusmrti, therefore, occupies an important
place in the development and the study of the history of
the dharmasastra literature as it is treated as one of the
惭奴濒补蝉尘峁泃颈蝉.
