The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c11.21

v1.c11.21

**Second objection :** The 2nd refers to denunciations in the Smṛti. The passage which has to be quoted in support of this assertion occurs in the *Vaśiṣṭha Smṛti*, a work attributed to the same *ṛṣi* who denounces the *Śiśnadevāḥ* in the *Ṛgveda*. The work is of a much later date, and is most probably a compilation, such as the *Saṃhitā* of Manu unquestionably is ; but it is nevertheless a work of high repute, and forms one of the principal guides to modern Hindu domestic and religious rites. It has been thus rendered by Professor Max Müller :