History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s16.t5: 20. Gārgya

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s16.t5

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20. Gārgya

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Viśvarūpa (on Yāj. I. 4-5) quotes a verse of Vṛddha-Yājñavalkya in which Gārgya is enumerated among the expounders of Dharma (dharmavaktāraḥ). He quotes two sūtras, one from Gārgya (on Yāj. I. 72²¹⁷) and the other from Vṛddha-Gārgya²¹⁸ (on Yāj. I. 195). Therefore it seems that a sūtra work of Gārgya on dharma did exist. The Mit. (e. g. on Yāj. III. 326), Aparārka and the Smṛticandrikā quote several verses of Gārgya on āhnika, śrāddha and prāyaścitta. Parāśara also mentions Gārgya among writers on dharma. Aparārka contains (pp. 124, 190, 368, 544) verses from Gārgya on topics of dharma. It seems that the two writers are identical. Aparārka also quotes several verses from Gārgya of astronomical import (e. g. p. 547 on the nomenclature of the months as *Caitra* in connection with the signs of the zodiac). This was probably an independent work. Fragments of a Gārgī saṁhitā on astronomy and astrology have been recovered and it contains valuable historical information (vide Kern's preface to Bṛhat-saṁhitā pp. 33-40 and Mr. Jayasval in JBORS. vol. 14, p. 397 ff). A Jyotir-Gārgya and a Bṛhad-Gārgya are quoted in the Smṛticandrikā. The Nityācārapradīpa (p. 20, BIS) mentions Garga and Gārgya separately as smṛtikāras.

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²¹⁷ पतिताः स्त्रियस्त्याज्या भर्तृवधप्रतिज्ञायां च।

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²¹⁸ अनेकोद्धार्ये काष्ठादिशिले भूमिसमे।

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Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit