Veda

1. Manusmṛti Manu 7 authority 7 citations · 23 passages

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   The Veda is repeatedly invoked as the ultimate scriptural authority underlying cosmology, naming, and the fruits of conduct.

   From fire, wind, and the sun, he milked forth the triple eternal Veda—distinguished as Ṛc, Yajus, and Saman—for the accomplishment of the sacrifice.

2. Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Vālmīki 3 authority · 1 neutral 4 citations · 10 passages

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   The Vedas are repeatedly invoked as the standard of learning and authority against which both Rāma's knowledge and the Rāmāyaṇa's own status are measured.

   A protector of the world of living beings, a guardian of righteousness — one who knows the true essence of the Vedas and their ancillary sciences, and is accomplished in the science of archery.

3. Viṣṇu Smṛti Viṣṇu 2 authority 2 citations · 10 passages

   chapter 1 5 passages anchored here · chapter 3 · chapter 68 · chapter 71 2 passages anchored here · chapter 82

   The Vedas are repeatedly invoked throughout as the supreme textual/ritual authority underlying both the cosmogony and the legal-social order.

   He created the guardians of places, the guardians of the worlds, the rivers, mountains, and trees, The seven sages learned in *dharma*, the Vedas with their ancillary sciences, and the gods and anti-gods;

4. Tarkasaṃgraha Annaṃbhaṭṭa 1 authority 1 citation

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   The Vedic sentence is invoked as spoken by the Lord and therefore entirely valid, relied upon as the ultimate authority for verbal testimony.

   The Vedic, since it is spoken by the Lord, is entirely a valid means of knowledge.

5. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 1 authority 1 citation

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   The passage explicitly names 'the Veda' as the authority Kaśyapa's ritual conduct conforms to.

   May the Brāhmaṇas partake of the oblation, even as Kaśyapa does so in accordance with the Veda.

6. Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

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   The Veda is named twice as a foundational source of authority, first alongside Smṛti and custom, then as the basis of Manu's supremacy.

   9 The Wife's Share In the Veda, in the treatises of Smṛti, and in worldly custom, by the wise, the wife is remembered as half the body, equal in the fruit of merit and demerit.

7. Slokantara Unknown 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

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   The Veda is explicitly named as a body of scripture whose mastery defines the highest class of Brāhmaṇa.

   A Brāhmaṇa who has mastered the Vedas is defined as a Brāhmaṇa who has complete knowledge of the Veda scriptures.

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