Veda
quoted 35 times by 12 works · not held
also in the atlas: Veda the object
Most often carried — quoted as a source. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
1 reported · 34 carried
3 neutralin the voice of Annaṃbhaṭṭa 1 , Jaṭāyu 1 , Supārśva (counsellor) 1 , Sītā 1
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in the voice of Jaṭāyu
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Vālmīki 2 neutral 12 citations · 16 passages
kanda 1 6 passages anchored here · kanda 2 · kanda 3 · kanda 4 · kanda 5 · kanda 6 2 passages anchored here · kanda 7 4 passages anchored hereThe Rāmāyaṇa's status is explicitly grounded in and measured against the authority of the Vedas.
Seeing them to be gifted with keen intellect and thoroughly grounded in the Vedas, the master caused them to learn this poem as a supplement and amplification of the Vedas.
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Manusmṛti Manu 8 citations · 21 passages
chapter 1 4 passages anchored here · chapter 2 3 passages anchored here · chapter 4 2 passages anchored here · chapter 5 2 passages anchored here · chapter 6 2 passages anchored here · chapter 9 4 passages anchored here · chapter 10 · chapter 12 3 passages anchored hereThe Veda is cited as an authoritative source underlying cosmology and the consequences 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.
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Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 3 citations
Matches the citation entry for cited_work 'Veda', reported as an authority the ritual conforms to.
May the Brāhmaṇas partake of the oblation, even as Kaśyapa does so in accordance with the Veda.
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Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 2 citations
The Veda is cited as a named textual source underpinning a legal-religious doctrine.
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.
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Slokantara Unknown 1 neutral 2 citations · 4 passages
Matches the citation of the Veda as the source of complete scriptural knowledge.
A Brāhmaṇa who has mastered the Vedas is defined as a Brāhmaṇa who has complete knowledge of the Veda scriptures.
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Viṣṇu Smṛti Viṣṇu 2 citations · 5 passages
Corresponds to the citation of the Veda as authority throughout the cosmogonic allegory and creation account.
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;
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in the voice of Annaṃbhaṭṭa
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Tarkasaṃgraha Annaṃbhaṭṭa 1 citation
The text invokes the Vedic sentence as spoken by the Lord and hence entirely valid, citing scripture as an epistemic authority.
The Vedic, since it is spoken by the Lord, is entirely a valid means of knowledge.
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Kātyāyana Smṛti Kātyāyana 1 citation
The passage invokes the Vedas as an authoritative sacred source with described cosmic effect, constituting a citation-quote event.
By the power of the sound of the Vedas, the gods dwelling in heaven are also pleased, being satisfied by the worship of the twice-born.
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Parāśara Smṛti Parāśara 1 citation · 2 passages
Matches the invocation of the Veda's 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).
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Yama Smṛti Yama 1 citation
The passage explicitly states that a teaching is sung by the Vedas, constituting a citation of Vedic authority. Corresponds to the Vedas citation entry.
/ that sometimes a person whose life is at its end simply dies—this is sung by the Vedas and the sages who were consulted.
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana Vatsyayana 1 citation
Matches citation of the Vedas; required citation_quote pairing.
"The means of producing love and sexual vigour should be learnt from the science of medicine, from the Vedas, from those who are learned in the arts of magic, and from confidential relatives.
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- authority
- relied on as a source of legitimacy
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- identified or reported
- refuted
- argued against
- extended
- developed or continued
- endorsed
- agreed with
- roman
- the cited text is in the library and opens in the reader
- italic
- named by this text, not held by the library — the corpus's wanted list
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- the passage in this text that does the citing
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- beside a chapter, the passages anchored there. A single citation can quote more than one passage, which is why a row carries two figures: the citations the harvest recorded, and the passages its chapters add up to.