51. Laugākshi
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... pp. Mitākṣarā quotes verses on āśauca and prāyaścitta, while Aparārka quotes prose and verse passages on ācāra, āśauca, order of forest-hermits - Laugākṣi's definition of yogakṣema quoted by Mit. - quoted by Maskarin on Gant. Dh. S. as Lokākṣi.
— Synopsis by P.V. Kane, from History of Dharmaśāstra
51. Laugākshi
51. Laugākṣi
Laugākṣi is mentioned among the 36 expounders of Dharmaśāstra set out by Paithīnasi ( on p. 1 of Smṛ. Ch. ) and Aṅgiras quoted on the same page includes Laugākṣi among Upasmṛtiṣ
The Mit. ( on Yāj. III, 1–2, 260, 289 ) quotes verses of Laugākṣi on āśauca and prāyaścitta. Aparārka quotes nine prose passages ( pp. 28-29, 33, 122, 145, 166, 176 and 530 ) on ācāra including Śrāddha and ten verses on ten pages on Ācāra, Āśauca and the order of forest hermits and one very long prose passage on p. 1227 ( covering half a page ). On p. 542 Aparārka quotes a verse of Laugākṣi in which Prajāpati is mentioned as an authority. The Mit. on Yāj. II. 118-119 quotes the definitions of ‘Yoga’ and ‘Kṣema given by Laugākṣi and which are declared to be not liable to partition by coparceners ( acc. to Manu IX. 219 ), even if they be acquired by detriment to the parental estate. Those definitions of Yoga and Kṣema are quoted by many works and writers on Vyavahāra such as the Smṛticandrikā ( on Vy. p. 277 ), Par. M. Vol. III. p. 563. Vide H. of Dh. Vol. III. pp. 588-589 for different meanings of the two wordṣ
It is remarkable that Aparārka quotes from Laugākṣi prose and verse passages ten times each. On pp. 1227–28, a long prose passage of Laugākṣi is quoted about Kuṣmāṇḍa- homa ( for which see H. of Dh. vol. IV p. 43 ṇ 102 ).