The library of Kātyāyana
Across all 1 work of Kātyāyana’s in the library, the harvest finds 17 named sources — 22 citations in all. The library holds 3 of them; the rest are the corpus’s wanted list. In the other direction, 3 works in the library quote Kātyāyana back — 19 citations.
most drawn on Bṛhaspati · Manu · Kātyāyana
arrangedthe librarycited by
2 neutral 1 refuted 1 extended Of the 22 citations Kātyāyana makes, 1 argues against the text it cites.
the sources most drawn on
3 of 17-
Bṛhaspati 4 citations
- Kātyāyana Smṛti
- chapter 19 · chapter 20 · chapter 29 · chapter 42 · chapter 51 · chapter 52 · chapter 63 · chapter 72
- 4 citations
Among brothers in a family who have been educated by their father, whatever wealth is acquired through valor is to be divided, says Bṛhaspati.
Kātyāyana Smṛti · chapter 72 · invoked as authority for property classification rules ¶ -
Manu 3 citations
- Kātyāyana Smṛti
- chapter 33 · chapter 52 · chapter 66 · chapter 68
- 3 citations
Manu says one should not abandon an accused person.
Kātyāyana Smṛti · chapter 33 · authority invoked ¶ -
Kātyāyana 1 citation
- Kātyāyana Smṛti
- chapter 50
- 1 citation
When something unspecified and something specified are written in one document, the specifically written one is stronger;
Kātyāyana Smṛti · chapter 50 · self-citation establishing the rule's authority ¶
named once
14 sources · 1 workEach of these stands at a single passage, named once and not held by the library. The work that names it carries the anchor.
- Kātyāyana Smṛti
- Bhṛgu ¶ · Gautama ¶ · Gārgīya and Mānava texts · Kauśika · Legal maxims of Bhṛgu · Other knowers of the law · Scriptural conclusion on gifts in distress · Smṛtis ¶ · Vedas ¶ · another authority (unnamed) · texts on polity (Arthaśāstra tradition) · the scriptures ¶ · unspecified Smṛti scriptures · unspecified legal teaching
cited by
19 citations · from 3 works3 works in the library quote Kātyāyana — 19 citations, each anchored to a verbatim passage in the work that does the quoting.
through Kātyāyana 17 citations · Kātyāyana Smṛti 2 citations
by the citing author
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 Kātyāyana is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.
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Vīramitrodaya Mitra Miśra 1 neutral 2 extended 17 citations · 39 passages
Directly introduced as 'By Kātyāyana' before the quoted verse.
The meaning is that after the *vṛddhi* rite, one should not perform the monthly rites;
chapter 1 ¶ -
Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 1 citation
Kātyāyana is explicitly named ('thus Kātyāyana has said') as the authority behind the stated legal rule.
What is unspecified and what is specified in one place and particularized, what is written with particulars is stronger, thus Kātyāyana has said.
chapter 1 ¶ -
Kātyāyana Smṛti Kātyāyana 1 citation
The verse explicitly names Kātyāyana as the source of this rule, functioning as a citation of authorial authority.
When something unspecified and something specified are written in one document, the specifically written one is stronger;
chapter 50 ¶