History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s30.4

v1.c6.s30.4

In Jivananda's collection there is a Dakṣasmṛti (part II, pp. 383–402) in seven chapters and 220 verses (vide also Ānandāśrama collection pp. 72–84). The principal subjects treated of are:—Four āśramas, two kinds of brahmacārins; the daily round of duties for dvijas; various subdivisions of actions, nine karmans, nine vikarmans, nine actions that should be concealed, nine acts that should be made public, nine things that should not be gifted; gifts; eulogy of a good housewife; śauca of two kinds; impurity due to birth and death; Yoga and its six aṅgas viz. prāṇāyāma, dhyāna, pratyāhāra, dhāraṇā, tarka and samādhi, maithuna of eight kinds to be avoided by ascetics, duties of bhikṣu, dvaita, and advaita.