Saddharma Pundarika

SR No.: 007677
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H Kern
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1884
Total Pages: 2546
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 46 MB

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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
15.
Page xx, II, 36-33. The tradition which asserts that the Gautamiya and
Vâsishtba Dharmasastras originally were the property of Vedic schools, studying the Sama-veda and the Rig-veda, has already been mentioned by Colebrooke in his Essay on the Mîmâmsa. It goes back to Kumârila, who adduces it in his Vårttika on Mimamsa-sútra, 1, 3, 11 (Tantra-vârttika, p. 179, Benares Sanskrit Series). The same author states there that the Dharmasastra of Sankba and Likhita
belonged to the Vågasaneyins. P. xxxix, add at the end of note 3: 'It is, however, found in some
other Gribya-sútras.' P. Ivii, add at the end of note 4 : ‘The copy of the Munich MS.
No. 83 has 7.' P. cxii, 1. 1. More important is the fact that Kumärila, who, as I bold
with Professor Max Muller, cannot be placed later than 700 A.D., knew our Manu-smriti. In the portions of the Tantra-vârttika, published in the Benares Sanskrit Series, I find the following verses quoted, i, 216 (p. 203, 1. 14); ii, 140 (p. 178, 1. 8); iv, 178 (p. 138, 1. 17); V, 56 (p. 111, 1. 11); viii, 57 (p. 199, 1. 33); ix, 182 (p. 135, 1. a); xi, 3o (p. IIo, I. I9); xi, 93 (P. 136, 1, 19); xi, 9+ (P. 136, 1. 14); xi, 966 (p. 137, l. 7); xii, 95 (p. 117, l. 20); xil, 105, 106b (p. 80, 1. 18). Most of these quotations show some variae lectiones, which, however, are not very important, and possibly, day probably, are due to inaccuracy on Kumârila's part. One verse, quoted p. 341, 1. 22, is not traceable in our Manu. Kumârila Dames Manu throughout as the first and most venerable authority on the sacred law. His predecessor, the author of the metrical Tika, on the Mimamsa-sútra, which he quotes at great length, holds the same opinion, and clearly
and frequently alludes to our Manu-smriti. P. 11, ch. 1, ver. 19, add at tbe end of tbe note: "The idea that seven
Purushas make up man, occurs Satapatha-brâhmana vi, 1, 1, 3,
and 6. P. 32, ch, II, v. 15, add at the end of the note: "The passages referred
to in the text are quoted in the Sabarabhashya on Mimamsa-sútra,
II, 4, 8. P. 33, ch. 11, v. 21, for 'to the east of Prayaga and to the west of
Vinasana' read 'to the west of Prayaga and to the east of Vinasana.' P. 39, ch. 11, v. 52, for 'truthfulness, if he faces the east' read 'truth
fulness, if he faces the north.' P. 58, ch. 11, V. 151, for old enough to be) fathers' read 'old enough
to be his) fathers.'
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