The library of Bṛhaspati

1. Manu 5 authority · 1 refuted 6 citations

   Bṛhaspati Smṛti

   6 citations

   The treatises of Manu and others should be followed, but never the treatise on polity alone;

2. Bṛhaspati 2 authority 2 citations

   Bṛhaspati Smṛti

   2 citations

   65 --> Where a single impeached or reprehensible witness is set down, or the scribe is likewise of such a kind, he [Bṛhaspati] has called that a forged document.

3. Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 1 authority 1 citation

   Bṛhaspati Smṛti

   1 citation

   In all sales, one should record the wells, trees, and so on, and whatever water channels and the like there are, and other things, says Bṛhaspati.

4. Kātyāyana 1 authority 1 citation

   Bṛhaspati Smṛti

   1 citation

   What is unspecified and what is specified in one place and particularized, what is written with particulars is stronger, thus Kātyāyana has said.

5. Vṛhaspatitattva unknown (attributed teacher speaking to Vṛhaspati) 1 authority 1 citation

   Vrhaspatitattva

   1 citation

   *Thus the Vṛhaspatitattva is complete.

Each of these stands at a single passage, named once and not held by the library. The work that names it carries the anchor.

Bṛhaspati Smṛti

Bhṛgu ¶ · Gautama ¶ · Nivid hymns · The legend of Māṇḍavya · Treatise on polity (arthaśāstra / daṇḍanīti) · Treatises on dharma (dharmaśāstra) · Vaiśvadeva rite · Vasiṣṭha ¶ · Veda ¶ · Veda and Smṛti · sacred treatises (dharma-śāstra tradition) · the threefold Veda (Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman) · the treatises · Śaunaka ¶

Vrhaspatitattva

Alepaka teaching · Pāśupata teaching · prayogasadhi (secret yogic teaching kept by the yogīśvara) · the rival materialist doctrine of the body's self-generated life · the sacred scripture of Śiva's worship · the scriptures (śāstra) · the teaching of the guru (gurutah) · unspecified sacred teachings/scriptures (śāstra) · Śaiva teaching

6 works in the library quote Bṛhaspati — 19 citations, each anchored to a verbatim passage in the work that does the quoting.

through Bṛhaspati 17 citations · Bṛhaspati Smṛti 1 citation · Vṛhaspatitattva 1 citation

Mitra Miśra 8 citations · Bṛhaspati 4 citations · Kātyāyana 4 citations · Anonymous (Vedic) 2 citations · Aufrecht (ed.) 1 citation

The harvest records where a citation is made: the paragraph in the citing book, and the chapter that paragraph stands in. It does not record which page of Bṛhaspati is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.

1. Vīramitrodaya Mitra Miśra 7 authority · 1 neutral 8 citations · 16 passages

   chapter 1 16 passages anchored here

   Explicitly named ('in accordance with the verse of Bṛhaspati') and quoted.

   Tṛtīyā, other than Rambhā-Tṛtīyā, should be accepted when conjoined with Caturthī for all divine rites, including fasting.

2. Kātyāyana Smṛti Kātyāyana 4 authority 4 citations · 10 passages

   chapter 19 · chapter 20 · chapter 29 · chapter 42 · chapter 51 · chapter 52 · chapter 63 · chapter 72 3 passages anchored here

   Bṛhaspati is cited by name as the authority behind two specific legal doctrines, functioning as a recognized legal source within the text.

   In cases of violence, theft, assault, defamation of a cow, and in emergencies, Bṛhaspati says one should proceed with the dispute quickly, even at an improper time.

3. Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 3 authority 3 citations

   chapter 1 3 passages anchored here

   Bṛhaspati is directly named as the one who 'has declared' a specific legal rule, functioning as a self-referential citation of authorship.

   65 --> Where a single impeached or reprehensible witness is set down, or the scribe is likewise of such a kind, he [Bṛhaspati] has called that a forged document.

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

   kanda 12 · kanda 16

   A specific named Sāman-chant associated with Bṛhaspati is invoked by name as the authoritative means to open the womb.

   Open thyself, O [thou who art] of the Bārhastyasāman;

5. Rigveda Aufrecht (ed.) 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   maṇḍala 10 2 passages anchored here

   The hymn presents Bṛhaspati's granted speech as the authoritative means by which rain is won.

   When Devāpi, appointed purohita for Śaṃtanu, having been chosen for the Hotṛ's office, blazed with compassion — Bṛhaspati, bestowing what the gods hear, what wins rain, gave him speech.

6. Vrhaspatitattva Bṛhaspati 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   chapter 1 2 passages anchored here

   The passage identifies and closes the very text as the Vṛhaspatitattva, treating the preceding teaching as authoritative doctrine transmitted to Vṛhaspati.

   *Thus the Vṛhaspatitattva is complete.