Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.253

c7.253

Of authorities he most frequently quotes Bhr̥gu, i. e., of course, M. in the recension of Bhr̥gu (as in 10, 55, 87; 15, 4; 16, 5; 24, 11, 28, 38, 40, 45)¹ and Br̥h. (e. g. 4, 39, 40; 15, 25; 24 ,27, 31, 37).² He mentions the Mānavāḥ and Gautamāḥ (21,9)³ as authorities for a rule about theft which, I confess, cannot to traced in our M. and Gaut. To sum up, however, Kāty. is rather posterior to than contemporary with Br̥h. with whom he has another point of similarity in the number of his juridical texts which amounts to over 700.⁴ At all events he is certainly later than M. Y. and Nār.