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## Linked texts (4) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.2.22.31) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.15.p24) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Śrāddhakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.mithila_bengal.sraddhakaumudi.4.p128) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu.60.2-4) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.sraddha.sraddhacandrika.2.p63) · Pramāṇa