[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.5128.4 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.5128.4 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.5128.4 - **Language:** English ### [c9.5128.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5128.4) 6) His works. Yājñavalkya has written a Smṛti on the subject of law. “Mitākṣarā” is its famous commentary. Mitākṣarā is the highest authoritative treatise on Law in South India. 7) Other details. (i) Yājñavalkya flourished in Yudhiṣṭhira’s assembly. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 4, Verse 12). (ii) He was also a member of Indra’s assembly. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 7, Verse 12). (iii) Yājñavalkya was the priest at the Rājasūya Yajña of Dharmaputra. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 33, Verse 35). (iv) Yājñavalkya had his knowledge of Vedas from Sūryadeva. (M.B. Śānti Parva, Chapter 318, Verse 6). - [Previous: c9.5128.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5128.3) - [Next: c9.5129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5129) - [Up: c9.5128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5128) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5128.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.5128.4) · Pramāṇa