History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s10.7
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s10.7
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v1.c6.s10.7
Therefore the most probable conclusion is that the extant Viṣṇudharmasūtra borrows from the Manusmṛti, Yājñavalkya and other authors. It would be too much to assume that the Manusmṛti, the Bhagavatgītā and Yājñavalkya borrow from such a comparatively unimportant work as the Viṣṇudharmasūtra.