the Veda

1. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Vālmīki 5 authority · 1 neutral 6 citations · 9 passages

   kanda 1 3 passages anchored here · kanda 2 · kanda 4 · kanda 7 4 passages anchored here

   The preceptors' Vedic learning is cited as the qualifying authority for conducting Sagara's sacrifice.

   Having made that resolve, the king, together with his company of preceptors, learned in the Vedas in the matter of the sacrifice, began to prepare to perform the rite.

2. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 2 authority 2 citations

   kanda 16 · kanda 19

   The passage explicitly names 'the knower of the Veda' as the authority whose many sayings converge on a single referent.

   Those who speak on all sides of the knower of the Veda — whether of recent times or of ancient — all of them are speaking of Āditya alone, of Agni the second, and the triple-woven haṃsa.

3. Manusmṛti Manu 1 authority 1 citation · 4 passages

   chapter 4 · chapter 5 3 passages anchored here

   The Veda is repeatedly invoked as scriptural authority whose study, non-reviling, and gifting carry legal and spiritual weight.

   He should avoid atheism, reviling the Veda, contempt for the deities, hatred, hypocrisy, pride, anger, and harshness.

4. Parāśara Smṛti Parāśara 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   chapter 1 2 passages anchored here

   The Veda is invoked as foundational authority in p-ebf4c4 and p-99d2e7.

   The four-faced Brahmā, having remembered the Veda, likewise remembers the *dharmas*, as does Manu in each successive *kalpāntara* (end of a cosmic cycle).

5. Viṣṇu Smṛti Viṣṇu 1 authority 1 citation · 3 passages

   chapter 37 2 passages anchored here · chapter 51

   The Veda is repeatedly invoked as the ultimate legitimating authority, both negatively (censuring it is sinful) and positively (Vedic violence is defined as non-violence).

   Studying unrighteous scriptures.

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