The library of Viṣṇu

1. Veda unspecified Vedic tradition 3 authority 3 citations

   Viṣṇu Smṛti

   chapter 1 · chapter 3 · chapter 37 · chapter 51 · chapter 68 · chapter 71 · chapter 82

   3 citations

   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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Viṣṇu Smṛti

Bhagavad Gita · Gāyatrī mantra · Aghamarṣaṇa hymn · Aghamarṣaṇa prayer · Barley-invocation mantra to Brahma · Dharmaśāstras ¶ · Doctrine of the field and the knower of the field (kṣetra/kṣetrajña) · Doctrine of the seven sages, Brahma, and Rudra performing the lunar vow · Drupadā Sāvitrī · Gāyatrī/Sāvitrī mantra ¶ · Itihāsas and Purāṇas · Jyeṣṭha Sāman · Nāciketa section of the Veda (Kaṭha tradition) · Pitṛgītā (verses sung by the ancestors) · Puruṣasūkta ¶ · Purāṇas, Itihāsas, and Dharmaśāstras · Smṛti ¶ · Sāṃkhya doctrine of twenty-four/twenty-five principles · Trisuparṇa section · Upanishads ¶ · Vaiṣṇava, Śākra, and Bārhaspatya mantras · Vishnu Dharmashastra (this text) · hiraṇyavarṇāḥ (Vedic verses) · rājadharma teaching (unspecified prior tradition of kingship) · tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam · the gods' ordinance on purity · traditional teaching on ātatāyins ("others say") · yuñjate manaḥ (Vedic section) · āpo hi ṣṭhā (Vedic water verses) · Ṛg Veda, Yajur Veda, Sāma Veda, Atharva Veda · Ṛg verse (tat savitur / Gāyatrī foot) · Ṛgveda (Ṛg verses)

3 works in the library quote Viṣṇu — 12 citations, each anchored to a verbatim passage in the work that does the quoting.

through Viṣṇu 11 citations · Viṣṇu Smṛti 1 citation

Mitra Miśra 10 citations · Anonymous (Vedic) 1 citation · Aṅgirasa 1 citation

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1. Vīramitrodaya Mitra Miśra 8 authority · 1 neutral · 1 extended 10 citations · 27 passages

   chapter 1 27 passages anchored here

   Explicitly named as source in two separate locations ('the statements of Śātātapa and Viṣṇu', 'the statement of Viṣṇu')

   > Bathing (*snānaṃ* (स्नानं)), giving (*dānaṃ* (दानं)), austerity (*tapaḥ* (तपः)), and the ancestral rite (*śrāddham* (श्राद्धम्)) are infinite at the sight of Rāhu (*Rāhu* (राहु)).

2. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) Anonymous (Vedic) 1 authority 1 citation

   kanda 16

   Viṣṇu's law/ordinance (vrata) is explicitly invoked as the authoritative structuring principle for the embryos' placement.

   The seven half-embryos, the seed of the world, stand in Viṣṇu's law in the [four] quarters.

3. Āṅgirasa Smṛti Aṅgirasa 1 authority 1 citation

   chapter 1

   Viṣṇu is cited as the divine source of a specific legal opinion reported in the text.

   Here, Viṣṇu stated his opinion to Sulabhā.