History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1965

v7.c99.1965

Sadācāra (usages or practices of śiṣṭas), (vide 'śiṣṭa', Smṛtis, Kalivarjya). intricate questions about the relative force of Śruti, Smṛti and Sadācāra arise 1264 , Kumārıla's position is that those usages alone are authoritative that are not opposed to express Vedic texts, that are practised by śistas under the belief that they are part of Dharma (right conduct) and for which no vısıble motive such as pleasure, acquisition of wealth or satisfaction of desires can be predicated and that it does not follow that all actions of śıstas are to be accepted as dharma, that Manu's advice to follow one's ancestors' path means a path of good people 1264, 1280 , some great men, acc to Gautama, Āp Dh S., Bhāgavatapurāna (X 33. 30 ), were guilty of violations of dharma and excesses, and twelve examples are cited by Kumārıla who explains them away or says that they were not thought to be dharma by those persons themselves 1280.