History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s1.55.4
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s1.55.4
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The Mitākṣarā on Yāj I 22 explains that the word 'sarveṣām' therein states that these moral qualities if practised are the means of Dharma for all men from brāhmaṇas to cāṇḍālas Vide H. of Dh. Vol II pp. 10-11 for different enumerations of dharmas common to all men. The Manusmṛti (I. 1) begins by saying that the great sages requested Manu to expound the dharmas of all varṇas and of the intermediate castes. This (viz. the Dharmas of varṇas, intermediate castes and āśramas) is the principal topic in most of the smṛtis.