The History of Indian Literature c9.349

c9.349

³³² Müller has, it is true, claimed (see above, note 327) for the Dharma-Śástras of Vishṇu, Gautama, and Vaśishṭha the character of Dharma-Sútras; and Bühler (pp. xxi.–xxv.) expressly adds to the list the similar texts attributed to Uśanas, Kaśyapa, and Budha, and also, though with a reservation, those of Háríta and Śaṅkha (Vaśishṭha belongs probably to the Dráhyáyaṇa school of the Sáma-Veda, see pp. 79, 85—the Veda with which Gautama is likewise associated). Still, in Bühler's opinion (p. xxvii.), Manu and Yájnavalkya, although only "versifications of older Sútras," may yet very well be of higher antiquity "than some of the Sútra works which have come down to our times."