History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.140

v3.c46.140

In several works it is said that the *pariṣad* must be constituted by *śiṣṭas* (vide Gaut. 28. 46). Śiṣṭa is variously defined by some smṛti works. The Baud.²²¹⁴ Dh. S. (I. 1. 5-6) says ‘Śiṣṭas are those who are free from envy and pride, who keep only as much corn as is measured by kumbhī (vide p. 111 *f. n.* 235), who are free from greed and from hypocrisy, arrogance, covetousness, delusions and anger. Those are śiṣṭas who have studied the Veda according to the prescribed method, together with its appendages (viz. Itihāsa and Purāṇas), who know how to draw inferences from that and who tend to make people realize the teaching of the Veda.’ The Mahābhāṣya defines śiṣṭas in almost the same words as Baud. Dh. S. I. 1. 5. Vas. Dh. S. 1. 6 defines śiṣṭa as one whose mind is free from desires.