History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.310

v7.c95.310

So far as rebirth for sins is concerned attention may be drawn here to the following authorities: Manusmṛti XII. 54-69, Yāj. III. 131, 135-136, 207-215, Viṣṇudharmasūtra, chap. 44, Atrismṛti 4. 5-14, 17-44, Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa 15. 1-41 (B. I. ed.), Brahmapurāṇa 217. 37-110, Garuḍapurāṇa, Pretakāṇḍa, chap 2. 60-88 (which incorporate almost word for word Yāj. III. 206-215) and also quotations from Śaṅkha Dharmasūtra collected by the present author in ABORI. vol. VIII. pp. 116-117 items 375-378 culled from the Mitākṣarā on Yāj. III. 216, the Madanapārijāta pp. 701-702, the Parāśara-Mādhavīya, vol. II. part 2 pp. 246, 259, 263, 269. For reasons of space it is not possible to set out this whole mass but a few illustrative passages will be cited.