History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c34.16

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In numerous smṛtis, purāṇas and digests the duties of householders have been described in detail. For example, vide Gaut. V and IX, Āp. Dh. S. II. 1. 1–II. 4. 9, Vas. Dh. S. VIII. 1–17 and XI. 1–48, Manu IV, Yāj. I. 96–127, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 60–71, Dakṣa II, Vedavyāsa III, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa 29–30 and 34, Nṛsiṁha-purāṇa 58. 45–106, Kūrmapurāṇa (uttarārdha chap. 15–16), Laghu-Hārīta IV. p. 183 ff (Jīvānanda), Droṇaparva 82, Vanaparva 2. 53–63, Āśvamedhika 45. 16–25, Anuśāsana-parva 97. Among the digests may be mentioned the Sm. C. (I. pp. 88–232), the Smṛtyarthasāra (pp. 18–48), the Madanapārijāta (pp. 204–345), the Gṛhastharatnākara, the Āhnikatattva of Raghunandana, the Vīramitrodaya (Āhnikaprakāśa), the Smṛtimuktāphala (Āhnikakāṇḍa). It would be impossible to present in the space at our disposal all the details of the duties of the householder contained in the vast sources indicated above. Some of the usual, outstanding or important matters alone can be dealt with here. Some of the works contain moral exhortations to the householder. For example, the Anuśāsanaparva¹⁵⁰⁶ (141. 25–26)