A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.94

c8.94

‘We do not say,’ Haradatta remarks, with regard to these words, ‘that every agreement becomes of authority, but those only made by men like Manu, &c., who knew the law. But then, it might be asked, how it can be found out that Manu knew the law, and Buddha did not? People answer, that Buddha could not have had a knowledge of the divine law. But the same might be said also of Manu; and if a knowledge of divine things be ascribed to Manu, on account of the excellence which he acquired by his virtue, then, again, it would be the same for Buddha. There is a known verse¹: ‘If Buddha know the law, and Kapila does not, what is truth? If they