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Chapter I. The Topics of Dharmashastra (5)Chapter II. Varna (22)Chapter III. The Duties, Disabilities and Privileges of Varnas (7)Chapter VI. Samskāras (16)Chapter VII. Upanayana (25)Chapter IX. Marriage (26)Chapter XI. Polygamy, Polyandry and Rights and Duties on Marriage (4)Chapter XII. The Duties of a Widow, Some Privileges of Women and the Purda System (6)Chapter XV. Satī (Self-immolation of Widows) (9)
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96 date claims
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Nāradasmṛtitext1 claims · 600 BCE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Yājñavalkya Smṛti11xManusmṛti10xArthaśāstra5xMitākṣarā5xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra5xGautama Dharmasūtra5xṚgveda4xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra4x
600 BCE
Gaut.<sup class="fn-ref"><a href="#fn-chapter-ix-marriage-39" id="fnref-chapter-ix-marriage-39">39</... view
Arthaśāstratext3 claims · 600 BCE to 1901 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti10xYājñavalkya Smṛti8xGautama Dharmasūtra7xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra6xṚgveda5xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra5xNāradasmṛti5xMahābhārata4x
600 BCE
Nicchivi. Manu X. 22 says that this is another name for karana or khasa. Probably this is a misreadi... view
400 BCE
Slavery was probably not much<sup class="fn-ref"><a href="#fn-chapter-v-slavery-8" id="fnref-chapter... view
1901 CE
(11) The life of a śūdra was esteemed rather low. Yāj. III. 236 and Manu XI. 66 include the killing ... view
Kāmasūtratext1 claims · 181 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Mahābhārata3xManusmṛti3xĀdiparva2xGautama Dharmasūtra2xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra2xVanaparva2xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra2xYājñavalkya Smṛti2x
181 CE
*Abhira*. According to Manu X. 15 he is the child of the union of a brāhmaṇa with an ambaṣṭha girl. ... view
Vāyupurāṇatext3 claims · 200 BCE to 650 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Ṛgveda4xYājñavalkya Smṛti4xManusmṛti3xNāradasmṛti3xAparārka2xŚatapatha Brāhmaṇa2xBṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad2xMedhātithi2x
200 BCE
Āryāvarta — One important question that is very much canvassed in works on dharmaśāstra is about the... view
not later than 401 CE
Āryāvarta — One important question that is very much canvassed in works on dharmaśāstra is about the... view
about 650 CE
Nīṣāda. For vedic references see above (pp. 43 and 46). The Nirukta <sup class="fn-ref"><a href="#fn... view
Viṣṇu Dharmasūtratext1 claims · 405 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti12xYājñavalkya Smṛti12xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra7xGautama Dharmasūtra6xMitākṣarā6xArthaśāstra5xṚgveda5xNāradasmṛti5x
405 CE
Cākrīka. According to Amara he is a person who rings a bell. Kṣīrasvāmī says that he announces the k... view
Mitākṣarātext3 claims · 89 CE to 1901 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti13xYājñavalkya Smṛti13xMedhātithi6xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra6xAparārka5xViśvarūpa5xNāradasmṛti5xVasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra4x
89 CE
That the professional castes were wealthy and well organized follows from the dharmaśāstra works and... view
437 CE
That the professional castes were wealthy and well organized follows from the dharmaśāstra works and... view
1901 CE
(4) 'The king should exonerate (the brāhmaṇa) in the six matters, viz. (a brāhmaṇa) should not be be... view
Āpastamba Dharmasūtratext9 claims · 400 BCE to 1800 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Yājñavalkya Smṛti15xManusmṛti12xGautama Dharmasūtra7xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra7xArthaśāstra6xṚgveda5xAparārka5xMahābhārata4x
400 BCE
(8) Bauḍ, Pār., Gobhila ( and the Yājñikas quoted by the Mahābhāṣya) prescribe that the name of the ... view
300 BCE
(8) Bauḍ, Pār., Gobhila ( and the Yājñikas quoted by the Mahābhāṣya) prescribe that the name of the ... view
300 BCE
(8) Bauḍ, Pār., Gobhila ( and the Yājñikas quoted by the Mahābhāṣya) prescribe that the name of the ... view
150 CE
(8) Bauḍ, Pār., Gobhila ( and the Yājñikas quoted by the Mahābhāṣya) prescribe that the name of the ... view
about 529 CE
(8) Bauḍ, Pār., Gobhila ( and the Yājñikas quoted by the Mahābhāṣya) prescribe that the name of the ... view
602 CE
(8) Bauḍ, Pār., Gobhila ( and the Yājñikas quoted by the Mahābhāṣya) prescribe that the name of the ... view
1101 CE
There is another very important indicatioṇ Most of the grhyasūtras prescribe that the married couple... view
1200 CE
There is another very important indicatioṇ Most of the grhyasūtras prescribe that the married couple... view
about 1800 CE
These passages lead to the inference that in ancient times girls were sometimes purchased for marria... view
Ṛgvedatext11 claims · 200 BCE to 1358 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Yājñavalkya Smṛti8xManusmṛti6xArthaśāstra5xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra5xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra5xVāyupurāṇa4xNāradasmṛti4xBṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad3x
200 BCE
From very ancient times the literature to be studied appears to have been vast. Vide Tai. Br. quoted... view
313 CE
_Ardrākṣatāropaṇa:_ (mutual showering of wet unbroken rice grains by the bride and bride-groom). In ... view
423 CE
Mātṛkāpūiana :—The Mātrs (the Mother Goddesses) do not figure in the sūtraṣ But that their worship w... view
517 CE
From very ancient times the literature to be studied appears to have been vast. Vide Tai. Br. quoted... view
660 CE
Mātṛkāpūiana :—The Mātrs (the Mother Goddesses) do not figure in the sūtraṣ But that their worship w... view
about 700 CE
A few words may be said about matronymicṣ A few examples of such names have been given above from Ve... view
about 1000 CE
_Ardrākṣatāropaṇa:_ (mutual showering of wet unbroken rice grains by the bride and bride-groom). In ... view
1012 CE
(5) Most smṛtis lay down that a śrotriya (a brāhmaṇa learned in the Veda) was to be free from taxeṣ ... view
1098 CE
From very ancient times the literature to be studied appears to have been vast. Vide Tai. Br. quoted... view
1290 CE
From very ancient times the literature to be studied appears to have been vast. Vide Tai. Br. quoted... view
1358 CE
Upanayana was so highly thought of that some of the ancient texts prescribe a method of upanayana fo... view
Yājñavalkya Smṛtitext6 claims · 500 BCE to 1000 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti26xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra15xMitākṣarā13xGautama Dharmasūtra12xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra12xNāradasmṛti11xAparārka10xArthaśāstra8x
about 500 BCE
We shall now append a list of several castes enumerated or mentioned in smṛti and other dharmaśāstra... view
200 BCE
A few words must now be said about the education of kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdraṣ According to Gaut.... view
201 CE
Both of them allow a person’s marriage with his paternal aunt’s daughter. Certain inscriptions at Nā... view
not later than 801 CE
It is extremely difficult to say when exactly inter-caste marriages even between dvijātis came to be... view
about 900 CE
It is extremely difficult to say when exactly inter-caste marriages even between dvijātis came to be... view
1000 CE
We shall now append a list of several castes enumerated or mentioned in smṛti and other dharmaśāstra... view
Strīparvatext1 claims · 801 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa1xŚalyaparva1xṚgveda1xSabhāparva1x
801 CE
One interesting question is whether the practice of *purda* now in vogue among Moslems and also amon... view
Medhātithiperson1 claims · 900 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti10xYājñavalkya Smṛti8xMitākṣarā6xViśvarūpa6xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra4xAparārka3xViṣṇu Smṛti3xNāradasmṛti3x
about 900 CE
Untouchability did not and does not arise by birth alone. It arises in various wayṣ In the first pla... view
Viṣṇu Smṛtitext8 claims · 300 BCE to 1411 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti5xYājñavalkya Smṛti5xMitākṣarā4xVasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra3xMedhātithi3xAparārka2xViśvarūpa2xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra2x
300 BCE
The Mitākṣarā on Yāj. I. 1. remarks that *ahiṃsā* and other qualities are the dharmas common to all ... view
401 CE
This shows that the ancient smṛtis ungrudgingly recognised marriages between a brāhmaṇa and a kṣatri... view
484 CE
(6) Āp. and Hir. say that the name should have the upasarga 'su' in it as a Brāhmaṇa passage says th... view
about 650 CE
This shows that the ancient smṛtis ungrudgingly recognised marriages between a brāhmaṇa and a kṣatri... view
901 CE
This shows that the ancient smṛtis ungrudgingly recognised marriages between a brāhmaṇa and a kṣatri... view
977 CE
This shows that the ancient smṛtis ungrudgingly recognised marriages between a brāhmaṇa and a kṣatri... view
1268 CE
This shows that the ancient smṛtis ungrudgingly recognised marriages between a brāhmaṇa and a kṣatri... view
1411 CE
The Sṃ C. I. (pp. 146-148) quotes long passages about the mudrās (hand poses) to be made in the saṁd... view
Mahābhāratatext1 claims · 1000 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti9xYājñavalkya Smṛti6xArthaśāstra4xGautama Dharmasūtra4xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra4xĀdiparva3xKāmasūtra3xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra3x
1000 CE
Antyaja. This word is applied to all lowest castes like the cāņḍāla in Manu IV. 61, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 36.... view
History of Dharmaśāstratext5 claims · 1000 CE to 1701 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti1xMitākṣarā1xParāśarasmṛti1xViṣṇupurāṇa1x
1000 CE
historiaṇ The judge has to give a decision on the evidence adduced by the parties before him; it is ... view
1001 CE
historiaṇ The judge has to give a decision on the evidence adduced by the parties before him; it is ... view
1042 CE
historiaṇ The judge has to give a decision on the evidence adduced by the parties before him; it is ... view
1079 CE
historiaṇ The judge has to give a decision on the evidence adduced by the parties before him; it is ... view
1701 CE
historiaṇ The judge has to give a decision on the evidence adduced by the parties before him; it is ... view
Ādiparvatext2 claims · 871 CE to 1050 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Mahābhārata3xManusmṛti3xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra3xYājñavalkya Smṛti3xArthaśāstra2xGautama Dharmasūtra2xKāmasūtra2xVanaparva2x
871 CE
The smṛtis contain several views about the suitability of these eight to various varṇaṣ All are agre... view
1050 CE
The smṛtis contain several views about the suitability of these eight to various varṇaṣ All are agre... view
Bṛhaspatismṛtitext8 claims · 738 CE to 1328 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Yājñavalkya Smṛti3xMitākṣarā2xVasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra2xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra2xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra2xAparārka1xBaudhāyana Dharmasūtra1xManusmṛti1x
738 CE
The word kāyastha does not occur in the ancient dharma- sūtras of Gautama, Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, or... view
994 CE
The word kāyastha does not occur in the ancient dharma- sūtras of Gautama, Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, or... view
1045 CE
The word kāyastha does not occur in the ancient dharma- sūtras of Gautama, Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, or... view
1101 CE
The word kāyastha does not occur in the ancient dharma- sūtras of Gautama, Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, or... view
1129 CE
The word kāyastha does not occur in the ancient dharma- sūtras of Gautama, Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, or... view
1161 CE
The word kāyastha does not occur in the ancient dharma- sūtras of Gautama, Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, or... view
1288 CE
The word kāyastha does not occur in the ancient dharma- sūtras of Gautama, Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, or... view
1328 CE
The word kāyastha does not occur in the ancient dharma- sūtras of Gautama, Āpastamba, Baudhāyana, or... view
Aparārkaperson10 claims · 559 CE to 1901 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti10xYājñavalkya Smṛti10xMitākṣarā5xParāśarasmṛti5xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra5xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra4xMedhātithi3xGautama Dharmasūtra3x
559 CE
Par. M. (I. 1. p. 154) quotes a verse of Nārada to the effect <sup class="fn-ref"><a href="#fn-chapt... view
645 CE
It is remarkable that Manu altogether omits the involved rules given by the gṛhya sūtras about namin... view
701 CE
It is remarkable that Manu altogether omits the involved rules given by the gṛhya sūtras about namin... view
1059 CE
Another striking feature of the ancient educational system was the total absence of any prior agreem... view
1175 CE
Lohakāra (ironsmith). Vide p. 75 under karmāra. Nārada<sup class="fn-ref"><a href="#fn-chapter-ii-va... view
1175 CE
(b) According to the Bṛ. Up., Aśv. and Śāṅ., Kāṭhaka gr. (34.1) a name was given to the child on the... view
1612 CE
The orthodox pandits further rely upon Āp. Dh. S. I. 3. 10. 6, its explanation in the Mit. on Yāj. I... view
1701 CE
The orthodox pandits further rely upon Āp. Dh. S. I. 3. 10. 6, its explanation in the Mit. on Yāj. I... view
before 1818 CE
Another striking feature of the ancient educational system was the total absence of any prior agreem... view
1901 CE
Another striking feature of the ancient educational system was the total absence of any prior agreem... view
Virāṭaparvatext1 claims · 1176 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Aitareya Brāhmaṇa1xMahābhārata1xManusmṛti1xMedhātithi1xMitākṣarā1x
1176 CE
A few words must be said about the gotra and pravara of kings and other *kṣatriyas*. It appears from... view
Manusmṛtitext9 claims · 600 BCE to 1901 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Yājñavalkya Smṛti26xMitākṣarā13xGautama Dharmasūtra12xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra12xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra12xArthaśāstra10xAparārka10xMedhātithi10x
about 600 BCE
So we see that from about 600 B. C. to about the beginning of the Christian Era it did not matter at... view
about 200 CE
So we see that from about 600 B. C. to about the beginning of the Christian Era it did not matter at... view
501 CE
There are some writers who even in ancient times could not bear the undeserved censure of women and ... view
1101 CE
The number of primary anulomas is only six (vide Manu X. 10, Yāj I. 91-92), but Manu names only thre... view
1179 CE
**Meda.** He is one of the seven antyajas (vide note 170). This is mentioned in Nārada (vākparuṣya, ... view
1200 CE
Remarriage of widowṣ—The word punarbhū is generally applied to a widow that has remarrieḍ Before goi... view
1601 CE
A few rules about yajñopavīta may now be stated here.⁶⁸³ The yajñopavīta is to have three threads of... view
1701 CE
As the foremost duty of the wife was to honour and serve the husband, she must always stay with him ... view
1901 CE
It should not be supposed that the brāhmaṇas inserted these eulogies solely for the purpose of incre... view
Śāntiparvatext5 claims · 184 BCE to 1901 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti5xArthaśāstra4xGautama Dharmasūtra4xṚgveda3xYājñavalkya Smṛti3xMahābhārata2xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra2xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra2x
about 184 BCE
A few words may now be said about brāhmaṇas being allowed to follow the occupations of kṣatriyas and... view
701 CE
Hinduism has not been an avowedly proselytizing religioṇ In theory it could not be so. For about two... view
1201 CE
( Continued from last page ) this hypothesis in well-known works on Ethicṣ To expose the fallacies i... view
1901 CE
( Continued from last page ) this hypothesis in well-known works on Ethicṣ To expose the fallacies i... view
1901 CE
It is not to be supposed that the ideal of poverty and non-acceptance of gifts except under compelli... view
Atharvavedatext1 claims · 1301 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Ṛgveda2xArthaśāstra1xŚatapatha Brāhmaṇa1xBṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad1xGautama Dharmasūtra1xNāradasmṛti1xTaittirīya Brāhmaṇa1xVāyupurāṇa1x
1301 CE
One subject that arouses bitter controversies is the practice of tonsuring widows among brāhmaṇas an... view
Skandapurāṇatext2 claims · 1001 CE to 1301 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Atharvaveda1xṚgveda1xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra1xAparārka1xManusmṛti1xMitākṣarā1xYājñavalkya Smṛti1x
1001 CE
The foregoing discussion leads to the following conclusionṣ There is no express Vedic authority for ... view
1301 CE
The foregoing discussion leads to the following conclusionṣ There is no express Vedic authority for ... view
Mausalaparvatext2 claims · 1122 CE to 1801 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Mahābhārata2xManusmṛti2xKāmasūtra1xSabhāparva1xArthaśāstra1xĀdiparva1xNāradasmṛti1xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra1x
1122 CE
In the times of the sūtras, some sages wanted to hold up a high ideal. The Ap. Dh. S. (II. 5. 11. 12... view
1801 CE
In the times of the sūtras, some sages wanted to hold up a high ideal. The Ap. Dh. S. (II. 5. 11. 12... view
Gautama Dharmasūtratext1 claims · 1901 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Manusmṛti12xYājñavalkya Smṛti12xArthaśāstra7xĀpastamba Dharmasūtra7xViṣṇu Dharmasūtra6xNāradasmṛti5xMahābhārata4xŚāntiparva4x
1901 CE
(1) He was not allowed to study the Veda. Many of the smṛtikāras and writers of digests<sup class="f... view
Aitareya Brāhmaṇatext1 claims · 1901 CE
600 BCE2000 CE
Discussed together with:
Ṛgveda2xMahābhārata1xManusmṛti1xMedhātithi1xMitākṣarā1xVirāṭaparva1xŚalyaparva1xSabhāparva1x
1901 CE
Oral instruction was the cheapest and most accurate method of imparting learning. In ancient times w... view
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