Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.222

c7.222

Other works of this class are the metrical Śātātapa, which deals with sins, penances and Karmavipāka in 6 Adhyāyas and appears to be merely a fragment of an extensive work on Karmavipāka of this oft-quoted author³; Likhita⁴, whose little Smṛti with its motley contents appears to be a mere sketch and contains none of the quotations though of course they are very rare ; Aṅgiras, whose booklet dealing with penances is characterised as modern by the prohibition of indigo-coloured clothes for widows in verse 21, in conformity with the present custom⁵; Uśanas, who in 51 Ślokas gives us a system of mixed castes including men of the most diverse professions such as coppersmiths, potters, barbers jewellers, scribes, physicians, etc.⁶; Yama, whose 98 verses deal only with various penances and do not agree with the numerous quotations from Yama with the exception of verse 22, which is cited in the Mādh. 131⁷; the metrical Āpastamba whose 237 Ślokas are devoted to penances alone⁸; the small Smṛti of Viṣṇu⁹ devoted to the cult of Viṣṇu having as little in common with the Dharmasūtra discussed in §3 as the little Hārīta, equally decided in its Viṣṇuite tendency, with the Dharmasūtra of the same author discussed in §3¹; the extensive Vṛddha-Hārita in 2587 Ślokas², which is full of Viṣṇuite references and mentions *inter alia* the *pañcasamskāra* of the Vaiṣṇavas in Adhy. 2 and refers to the different incarnations of Viṣṇu in Adhy. 3.