History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s22.10

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Parāśara contains several peculiar views. He speaks of only four sons (aurasa, kṣetraja, datta and kṛtrima) though he does not expressly negative a larger number (chap. 4 p. 14). He eulogises the practice of *Satī* (last two verses of chap. 4). The well-known verse of Nārada (Strīpuṁsa-yoga 97) “naṣṭe mṛte &c.” is read at the end as “patir-anyo na vidyate” (p. 15). There are a few verses in the Indravajrā metre (e. g. on pp. 11-12 and 36). The Parāśarasmṛti quotes the views of several writers on dharma. Manu is frequently cited in the words “Manur-abravīd.” In the 7th chapter alone those words occur four times.³⁴⁴ None of them corresponds exactly with any verse of the Manusmṛti. Yet Manu V. 133 may be compared with the first two. Besides these, in the 9th chapter Manu’s view is quoted that on killing an animal the guilty party should restore a similar one to the owner or its price.³⁴⁵ In the 10th he says that according to Manu uncooked food, milk or oil brought from a śūdra’s house and used in cooking in a Brāhmin’s house could be eaten by a Brāhmaṇa. This is similar to Manu IV. 223.³⁴⁶ In the 12th chapter Parāśara cites the view of Manu that a Brāhmaṇa fed on food (cooked) from śūdras would become a vulture for twelve births, a pig for ten and a dog for seven.