History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s23.2

v1.c6.s23.2

From verse 22 of the same title the printed text is the same as the smaller version. A verse quoted as Nārada’s by Kṣīrasvāmin is not found in the larger version but is found in the smaller version.³⁵³ An ancient Ms. of Nārada from Nepal dated 1407 A. D. contains two additional chapters on theft and ordeals. Dr. Jolly includes the first as an appendix and omits that on ordeals on the ground that it is not authentic. One of the colophons of the Nepalese Ms. describes it as ‘iti Mānava-dharmaśāstre Nāradaproktāyāṁ saṁhitāyāṁ &c.’ This corroborates what was said above (pp. 149, 156) as to the close connection between Manu and Nārada.