Essays Tagged: "Manusmriti"

hindu law

n fact this a fiction, and in fact the Hindu law really emanated from books called the Smritis e.g. Manusmriti, Yajnavalkya Smiriti and the Smritis of Vishnu, Narad, Parashar, Apastamba, Vashisht, Gau ... es as to why Vijnaneshwar preferred to write his commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti and not on theManusmriti. The Manusmriti was better known and more prestigious than the Yajnavalkya Smriti. Yet, V ...

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Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law