History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.362

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The medieval Dharmaśāstra works take up this discussion about the distinction between smṛtis based upon the Veda and those on perceptible motives or purposes. For example, the Kalpataru (Brahma-cāri-kāṇḍa p. 30) and Aparārka (pp. 626-627) quote verses from Bhaviṣyapurāṇa (Brāhmaparva chap. 181, 22-31) that divide the contents of smṛtis in five categories and exemplify that division. The Sm. C. II. p. 24 quotes two of these and the Paribhāṣāprakāśa of Mitramiśra (p. 19) quotes all of them. Vide H. of Dh. Vol. III, p. 840 note 1634 for all the verses.