History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s23.6

v1.c6.s23.6

It will be noticed that Nārada follows the Manusmṛti to a considerable extent in the nomenclature and the arrangement of the eighteen titles. Some of the titles are differently named by Nārada, e. g. he speaks of upanidhi, while Manu employs the word nikṣepa. Nārada seems to have included the svāmipālavivāda of Manu in vetanasyānapākarma. He makes one title of dyūta and samāhvaya. Nārada includes strīsaṁgrahaṇa under sāhasa and adds three titles, viz. abhyupetya-aśuśrūṣā, vikrīyāsampradāna and prakīrṇaka. The smṛticandrikā expressly³⁵⁴ says that it follows the work of Nārada in preference to that of Manu as regards the nomenclature and sequence of the titles of law. Nārada follows Manu in speaking of witnesses in the section on ṛṇādāna and in treating of theft after the eighteen titles have been dealt with (vide Manu IX. 256 ff.).