Sketch of the Religious Sects of the Hindus c5.11

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c5.11

A similar distinction is made even with the *Smritis*, or works on law. The codes of VASISHTHA HA'RI'TA, VYA'SA, PARA'SARA, BHARADWAJA and KASYAPA, are of the pure order. Those of YAJNAWALKYA, ATRI, TITTIRI, DAKSHA, KA'TYA'YANA and VISHNU of the *Rajasa* class, and those of GAUTAMA, VRIHASPATI, SAMVARTTA, YAMA, SANKHA and USANAS, are of the *Tamasa* order.

Cites (17)

Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit
Hāritasmṛti (Laghu- and Vṛddha-Hārīta) — Hārīta, Sanskrit
Bṛhaspatismṛti — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit
Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit
Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
Gautamadharmasūtra — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit
Kātyāyanasmṛti — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit
Parāśarasmṛti — Parāśara, Sanskrit
Śaṅkhasmṛti — Sanskrit
Vyāsasmṛti — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Saṃvartasmṛti — Saṃvarta, Sanskrit
Dakṣasmṛti — Dakṣa, Sanskrit
Atrismṛti (Atrisaṃhitā) — Atri, Sanskrit
Kāśyapasmṛti — Sanskrit
Auśanasasmṛti — Uśanas (Śukra), Sanskrit
Yamasmṛti — Yama, Sanskrit
Bhāradvājasmṛti