Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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LAWS OF MANU.
I, VI, and VIII we find a verse, apparently belonging to Narayana, which says, This commentary of the Manu-smriti, composed by the illustrious Narayana Sarvagna, thrusts far away the exposition given in contemptible compilations 1.' Again, at the end of chapter IV we read, ‘Direct your attention to the good words of Narayana Sarvagna, which propound the real meaning of Manu and repel the exposition given in contemptible compilations?' As might be expected from these utterances, Narayana shows a great anxiety to find explanations differing from those of Medhàtithi and Govinda. Sometimes he attains this aim by returning to views which Medhâtithi mentions and rejects; but more frequently his explanations have been either taken from commentaries inaccessible to us, or represent opinions formed by him independently. All his peculiar interpretations deserve careful attention. In many cases they are decidedly preferable to those of the other commentators, and have therefore been not rarely followed in the translation. Narayana seems to have been not only deeply versed in the sacred law, but to have possessed also a knowledge of various other Såstras. As we learn from his commentary on Manu V, 56, 80, 104, XI, 72, he also wrote two other works on Dharma, a Kamadhenudipika and a Suddhidîpika. His Kosha has been mentioned above. Commentaries of his on parts of the Mahabharata, e. g. on the Udyogaparvan, on the Svargarohanaparvan, and on the Sanatsugâtîya, are still extanto.
श्रीनारायणसर्वज्ञकृता वृतिः मनुस्मृतः । कुनिबन्धकृतव्यास्यामियं दूरे निरRafar ul Thus at the end of chapter 1; in the other two passages the MS. has the faulty form facen.
'प्याहृतमनुतात्पर्यप्रतिहतकुनिवन्धदर्शितपास्याम् । नारायणस्य सूक्तिं सर्वPeng U Three other boastful verses occur at the end, 1. of chapter III, श्रीनारायणसर्वज्ञवृष्तिसंदर्शितानयाः । मनुस्मतिगिराचार्य [२] मधिगच्छत
fra: a. of chapter V, wantraunesfafafai often reath I VARI favici n a grafuara 3. of chapter IX, witarraunda Handfarna i stand va face an a[fa]ra Hi Th (MV] gara
* Weber, Berlin Catalogue, Nos. 394, 399; Aufrecht. Catalogue, Bodl. Libr. p. 2. • Telang, Sacred Books of the East, vol. viii, p. 148.
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