Dharmaśāstras
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Dharmaśāstra · this · this Dharmaśāstra · this scripture
spoken of as
1 expressionthe Dharmaśāstra“this scripture”1 mention
Yājñavalkya Smṛti (Sanskrit)
a seeker of long life shall likewise obtain long life, and a seeker of prosperity, great prosperity.
in the texts
Parāśara Smṛti
The body of legal-religious texts (Dharmaśāstra literature) whose mastery is repeatedly cited as a qualification for prescribing penance.
This is according to Brāhmaṇas who know the Veda and its auxiliary sciences and who follow the Dharmaśāstras.
He who, without knowing the Dharmaśāstras, gives a penance—the penitent becomes pure, but the guilt goes to the *pariṣad*.
Brāhmaṇas who are ignorant of the Sāvitrī and Gāyatrī mantras, of twilight worship and the fire-rite, and who are farmers, are Brāhmaṇas in name only.
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
The legal-religious text itself (the Yājñavalkya Smṛti as spoken by Yājñavalkya), whose recitation is said to yield fame, heaven, and prosperity.
a seeker of long life shall likewise obtain long life, and a seeker of prosperity, great prosperity.
"Those who will diligently master this Dharmaśāstra, having obtained fame in this world, will go to heaven.
The learned man who causes this to be recited to the twice-born on every festival day, for him is the fruit of a horse sacrifice;