Smṛtis
object · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Codes of Tradition · sacred treatises · the Smṛti · treatise on dharma
spoken of as
1 expressionThe Smṛti“treatise text as object”1 mention
Bṛhaspati Smṛti (Sanskrit)
The Smṛti declares the decision, the award of victory, and the punishment;
in the texts
Āṅgirasa Smṛti
The codes of tradition, named as a category of text whose injunctions do not constitute codanā in the strict sense.
That alone is *codanā* which is characterized by the indicators found in the *Śruti*, such as the optative mood (Liṅ), the imperative mood (Loṭ), and the gerundive suffix (Tavya)—not that which is enjoined by the Purāṇas (a class of post-Vedic narrative scriptures) or the *Smṛtis* (Codes of Tradition).
Bṛhaspati Smṛti
The body of legal/textual tradition (Smṛti), personified as one of the ten limbs of the court, functioning to declare decisions and punishments.
The Smṛti declares the decision, the award of victory, and the punishment;
the assessors are the arms, the Smṛti the hands, and the accountant and scribe the shanks.
Gold, fire, water, and the treatises on *dharma*— the king should place these pure and beneficial things in the middle of the court.