History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.381
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.381
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Buddhist texts : claimed to be smṛtis, which follows from Manu XII. 95n; no pali texts can be placed earlier than the council held under Aśoka (about 250 B. C.); have ideas similar to Savitarka and Savicāra Samādhi, 1411n; such as Dhammapada and Suttanipāta speak of the truly virtuous man as brāhmaṇa 1005.