The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c10.s13.25

c10.s13.25

The words “as such” in the above mean that they are also followed by the great men, and are authoritative. Because they are not decried or dispraised by any and are followed by great men, so they are to be taken also as *Smritis*. The opinion that the *Smritis* are thirty-six only in number, or twenty-four only in number, is held only by some and is contradicted by others, and is not authoritative.