Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.32

c7.32

In the Mss. it is generally called the Baudhāyana-dharmaśāstra, for which reason Hultzsch has chosen this title for his edition;³ yet the designation Dharmasūtra too occurs⁴ in the Haug Ms. 163, and also the designation Baudhāyanasūtra is found in quotations out of the Baudh. As regards the continuation of the Baudhāyana school,⁵ Bühler knows modern Baudhāyanīyas only from hearsay; neither does this term occur in the census reports for the year 1891. On the other hand a Brahman studying the Sūtras of Bodhāyana is mentioned in an inscription of Vijayanagara of 1354-5 A. D., and under the title Pravacanasūtra which is certified also in the literature, this work is mentioned in an inscription of the ninth century likewise belonging to the South. The family of the famous Sāyaṇa too belonged to the Baudhāyana school.¹ As the Mss. of this Dharmasūtra come mostly from the South and the contents of the same exhibit a close acquaintance with the South and the literature thereof, it may well be taken for granted that this school like that of Āp. was originated in the South.²