History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s57.2

v1.c6.s57.2

The Mit. professes to be a commentary on the Yājñavalkyasmṛti. In the colophons of several mss. it is described as Ṛjumitākṣara, Pramitākṣarā or simply Mitākṣarā. These names are probably due to some of the verses appended at the end of the commentary.⁶³⁵ The Mit. is not only a commentary explanatory of the verses of Yājñavalkya, but it is in the nature of a digest of smṛti material. It brings together numerous smṛti passages, explains away contradictions among them by following the rules of interpretation laid down in the Pūrvamīmāṁsā system, brings about order by assigning to various dicta their proper scope and province (*viṣayavyavasthā*) and effects a synthesis of apparently disconnected smṛti injunctions.