The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t2.7

c14.s9.t2.7

On these three verses of Parāśara, Mādhava has a *vyākhyā* covering some thirty pages.⁴ In regard to *daṇḍa* Parāśara quotes the *Nārada Smriti*, the *Yājnavalkya Smriti*, the *Manu Samhitā*, the *Mahābhārata*. The item *prajārakṣan* is elucidated by references to Yājnavalkya, Manu, the *Śāntiparva* (of the *Mahābhārata*), the *Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa* and the *Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa*. The different kinds of *daṇḍa* are described on the authority of Manu, Viṣṇu (*Smriti*), Brihaspati, Kātyāyana and Yama. On the subject of conquests, battle arrays, expeditions etc. Mādhava's authorities are the *Sāntiparva* and Manu. The financial policy is explained by citations from the *Śāntiparva*, Manu and the *Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa*.