History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.350

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²⁰⁴⁵ धर्मस्य शब्दमूलत्वादशब्दमनपेक्षं स्यात्। अपि वा कर्तृसामान्यात् प्रमाणमनुमानं स्यात्। I. 3. 1–2. The words कर्तृसामान्यात् are explained by the भाष्यकार as कर्तृसामान्यात्स्मृति-वैदिकपदार्थयोः i. e. the people who perform Vedic rites and also observe the Smṛti prescriptions are the same; they would not do so unless they firmly believe that smṛti prescriptions are based on Vedic authority though it may not be possible in every case to point out Vedic passages expressly or impliedly referring to them मेधातिथि on मनु II. 6 clearly puts it, quoting from his own work called स्मृतिविवेक, the following verse: प्रामाण्य-कारणं मुख्यं वेदविद्भिः परिग्रहः। तदुक्तं कर्तृसामान्यादनुमानं श्रुतेः प्रति॥, the words underlined are taken from पू. मी. सू I. 3. 2 मनुस्मृति (II.7) has 'यः कश्चित्कस्यचिद्धर्मो (Continued from last page) मनुना परिकीर्तितः। स सर्वोऽभिहितो वेदे सर्वज्ञानमयो हि सः॥'. मेधातिथि, गोविंदराज and some other commentators take स. as referring to Veda, while Kullūka refers it to मनु Vide H. of Dh. III. p. 828 n. 1612 for another meaning of these words.