- law and conduct, and
refer to
treatises (śāstras) on Dharma.
Unlike Dharmasūtra which are
based upon Vedas,
these texts are
mainly based on the Puranas...
- Āpastamba
Dharmasūtra (Sanskrit: आपस्तम्ब धर्मसूत्र) is a
Sanskrit text and one of the
oldest Dharma-related
texts of
Hinduism that have
survived into...
-
Gautama Dharmasūtra is a
Sanskrit text and
likely one of the
oldest Hindu Dharmasutras (600-200 BCE),
whose m****cripts have
survived into the
modern age...
- The
Vashistha Dharmasutra is one of the few
surviving ancient Sanskrit Dharmasutras of Hinduism. It is
reverentially named after a
Rigvedic sage Vashistha...
- (chapters), the Dwaidhasûtra in 4 Praśnas, the
Grihyasutra in 4 Praśnas, the
Dharmasûtra in 4 Praśnas and the Śulbasûtra in 3 Adhyāyas. The Baudhāyana Śulbasûtra...
- the
dharmasūtras are
composed in prose. The
oldest dharmasūtra is
generally believed to have been that of Apastamba,
followed by the
dharmasūtras of Gautama...
-
Hindu Brahmins who
affiliate either with the
Gautam gotra and/or
Gautam Dharmasutra and have
their last name as Gautam. The name
Gautam (Sanskrit: गौतम,...
-
respectively - lead to
social chaos. The
Gautama Dharmashastra,
Apastamba Dharmasutra and Yājñavalkya Smṛti, as examples, all
suggest that
dharma comes first...
-
Baudhayana Dharmasūtra, in
verses 2.11.9 to 2.11.12,
describes the four
Ashramas as "a
fourfold division of Dharma". The
older Dharmasūtras, however, are...
-
attributed to the
Vedic sages,
elaborate the
topics discussed in the
dharmasutras.
Dharmashastras available in
printed format are
Angirasa smriti Atri...
