The sources of Bṛhaspati Smṛti

1. Manu 5 authority · 1 refuted 6 citations · 9 passages

   chapter 1 9 passages anchored here

   Manu is explicitly named as an authority whose treatise should be followed.

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

2. Bṛhaspati 2 authority 2 citations

   chapter 1 2 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.

3. Bhṛgu 2 authority 2 citations

   chapter 1 2 passages anchored here

   Bhṛgu is explicitly named ('says Bhṛgu') as the authority for the specific rule stated.

   After the deposit, the sale by a non-owner has been declared by Bhṛgu.

4. Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 1 authority 1 citation

   chapter 1

   Bṛhaspati is named directly as the authority behind the specific legal statement, functioning as a self-citation of the treatise's own authorship.

   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.

5. Kātyāyana 1 authority 1 citation

   chapter 1

   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.

Each stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.

chapter 1 13 sources

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

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 this book is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.

1. Bṛhaspati Smṛti Bṛhaspati 1 authority 1 citation

   chapter 1

   Bṛhaspati is named directly as the authority behind the specific legal statement, functioning as a self-citation of the treatise's own authorship.

   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.