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SYNOPSIS
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PARALLEL PASSAGES.
By the advice of the editor I add a detailed synopsis of the parallel passages from the six Dharma-sûtras and Smritis, as well as of the wholly or partly identical verses from the Mahâbhârata, Parâsara, Mânava Srâddhakalpa, the Upanishads, and some other works. I trust that, though references to the Smritis have already been given in the notes to the translation, this addition will not be found useless. The principle on which I have worked is, a different one, and this synopsis shows much more clearly which rules of Manu's work are represented in the older books and which are not. It also shows at a glance which verses I have been able to trace elsewhere. According to what has been said in the Introduction, both points are of some importance. I have used this opportunity to supply some omissions, and to correct the misprints occurring in the figures of the quotations given in the notes. Wherever the notes and the synopsis differ, the latter alone is to be relied on. The addition of an asterisk (*) to a quotation means that the passage is in verse, and that it is thus intimately connected with Manu's Sloka. The passages quoted from the Mahâbbârata are all cognate verses. Hence no asterisks have been added.
Abbreviations: Ga. Gautamîya Dharmasâstra; Ba.=Baudhâyanîya Dharmasastra; Ap.-Apastambîya Dharma-sûtra; Va, Vasishtha Dharmasastra; Vi. Vishnu Smriti; Yâ. Yâgñavalkîya Dharmarâstra; Par. Parâsara Smriti (Calc. ed.); Mâ. Sr. Mânava-Srâddhakalpa (Introduction, pp. xl-xliii); A. Gri.=Asvalâyana Grihya-sutra (Calc. ed.); Sâ. Gri.=Sânkhâyana Grihya-sûtra; Pâ. Gri.=Pâraskara Grihya-sûtra; Go. Gri. Gobhilîya Grihya-sutra (Calc. ed.); Mai. Up. Maitrâyanîyabrâhmanopanishad; Îsâ. Up.=Îrâvâsyopanishad; Sa. Up. Samhitopanishad; Nir. Nirukta; Mah. Mahâbhârata; V. P. Vishnu-purâna, Wilson's translation, edited by Dr. F. E. Hall.
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