History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s21.14.4

v1.c6.s21.14.4

It is no doubt true that the Agni presents some readings that are found neither in Viś. nor in the Mit. For example, it reads (256. 4) ‘tābhya ṛte ’rpayet’, while both Viś. and Mit. read ‘tābhya ṛte’nvayaḥ’. It is probable that this is an error of the copyists or the reading may be due to the difficulty of understanding the meaning of ‘anvayaḥ’ there. Agni reads (256. 5) ‘svayam-arjayet’ for ‘svayam-arjitam’ (of Viś. and Mit.), and ‘jātopi dāsyāṁ śūdrasya’ (256. 20) for ‘°śūdreṇa’ (of Viś. and Mit.). A detailed examination of the other chapters on vyavāhāra will yield the same results. But it cannot be undertaken here. A few examples may however be cited. Viś. (II. 167) reads ‘pālo yeṣāṁ ca te mocyā daiva- rājapariplutah’, Agni (257. 14) ‘pālo yeṣām tu te mocyā daivarājapariplutāḥ’, while Mit. (163) reads ‘pālo yeṣām na te ... tāḥ’. Similarly Viś. (II. 179) and Agni (257. 26) read ‘svakuṭumbāvirodhena deyam’ while the Mit. (175) reads ‘svam kuṭumbāvirodhena’. Viś. (II. 203) reads ‘galat-sabhikavṛddhistu’, while both Agni (257. 49) and Mit. (199) read ‘glahe śatikavṛddhestu’, which certainly is an easier reading. Agni 258. 45 occurs in Mit. (255), but is wanting in Viśvarūpa. Yāj. II. 228 in Viś. becomes in the Mit. verse 263, Agni. following the order of Viśvarūpa.