Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.176

c7.176

¹ The first and the third chapters of Y. are found in the Garuḍapurāṇa and the second chapter is found in the Agnipurāṇa. Hans Losch has made a detailed study of these extracts in his little work "Die Yājñavalkyasmṛti verglichen mit den Parallelen des Agni und Garuḍapurāṇa" and has arrived at the following conclusions:— a. The Rājadharma section at the end of the first chapter is an interpolation. b. The Agnipurāṇa version of the Vyavahārādhyāya is older than the corresponding chapter of Y. and though it is strongly influenced by the Arthaśāstra literature it is still essentially an independent work. But on the whole the second chapter is a later addition to the text of Y. c. Verses 60-206 of the third chapter of Y. are interpolated and the Purāṇa version of this chapter is older than the text contained in the Smṛti. Tr.