Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c9.s1.19

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c9.s1.19

The Smṛiti is divided into three sections:—
(1) Āchāra or the Moral Code, (2) Vyavahāra or the Civil Law, and (3) Prāyaśchitta or Penances which comprise a sort of Penal Code. They contain 1,010 couplets. The first and last sections are incorporated in Garuḍa Purāṇa. Yājñavalkya's Smṛiti was composed probably in Mithilā.

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Garuḍapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit