A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.100

c8.100

² Someśvara, who calls himself a son of Mâdhava, and of whose work "Tantra-vârttikaṭîkâ" there is a manuscript at the E. I. H. (No. 1030.), dated Samvat, 1552, goes even a step farther, and says that, although rules of the Smṛitis may be against the sacred law, the Veda must notwithstanding be considered as their source, because the Smṛitis themselves maintain that the Veda is the highest authority, an admission which the followers of Buddha protest against. Cf. p. 80. ननु याज्ञवक्यादिभिरपि यदुच्यते द्विजातीनां शूद्रादारोपसंग्रहः न तन्मम मतं यस्मात्तचात्मा जायते स्वयं तेन पुनरित्यादिहेतुदर्शनपूर्वकं धर्माधर्मापदेशनान्न तन्मात्रेण वेदमूललनिराकरणं युक्तमित्याशंक्य वेद एव द्विजातीनां निःश्रेयसकरः पर इत्या-