History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1287

v7.c99.1287

*Mahābhārata*, 27, 44-5, 81, 89, 91, 109, 118, 126, 129, 245, 506n, 531, 544, 569, 682, 687, 769, 775; and Sāṅkhya 1363-1371; called Jaya by itself and other works 840, 871; claims that it is superior to all Vedas 915; contains no passage giving the position of planets in relation to *rāśis* 532, critical edition of, at Poona 838; date of 849; describes itself as Dharmaśāstra, Arthaśāstra, Kāmaśāstra and Kārṣṇaveda 819; dilates upon all four puruṣārthas and should be listened to by one desiring Mokṣa 921n, discussion in, on *daiva* and *puruṣakāra* 544-5; emphasizes often that there is only one God and that there is no difference between Śiva and Viṣṇu 118; enjoins (in Bhīṣma 5. 12) that incomprehensible matters should not be tried to be solved by *Tarka* 1470; many passages in *M.* where planets in relation to Nakṣatras are stated to forebode misfortune to people in general or to individuals 532; Nīlakaṇṭha, commentator of, 937n, 1214; stated to contain the substance of the Veda and a better means of the education of the common people including Śūdras, women etc. 924-25; words 'ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ' occur frequently in *M.* 945, 1626 (spiritual or religious debts), 1642, 1688 (about sonless man).