History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s16.t14.7
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s16.t14.7
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These quotations from Viśvarūpa and others establish that a prose work on dharma by Sumantu existed early enough. It appears however that the work was not a very ancient one. Neither Yājñavalkya nor Parāśara mentions Sumantu among the propounders of *dharma*. On the other hand the name of Sumantu is an ancient one. In the Bhāgavatapurāṇa (XII. 6. 75 and 7. 1). Sumantu is said to have been a pupil of Jaimini and a promulgator of the Atharvaveda. Vide Śāntiparva 341. 19 for Sumantu and other pupils of Vyāsa. In the daily *tarpaṇa* the name of Sumantu occurs along with Jaimini, Vaiśampāyana, Paila.
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- Mahābhārata — Sanskrit
- Bhāgavatapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- Parāśarasmṛti — Parāśara, Sanskrit