Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.192

c7.192

§ 8. *The later metrical Smṛtis.* After it was once customary to present the main doctrines of religion and morality in metrical compendiums—the metrical Smṛtis, new works of this type arose more and more out of the schools of Dharma and were fathered upon various saints and gods while the actual authors persistently adhered to discreet anonymity. Those names were used by preference which had already acquired an established reputation in the field of Dharma and thus it comes to pass that absolutely different works are frequently ascribed to the same author. Thus there are more than one Aṅgiras, Atri, Āpastamba, Uśanas, Kātyāyana, Gautama, Parāśara, Bṛhaspati, Yama, Likhita, Vasiṣṭha, Viṣṇu, Vyāsa,