The sources of Kātyāyana Smṛti
Where Kātyāyana Smṛti names another work or author, the harvest records the passage that does it and the chapter that passage stands in. 22 citations across 31 chapters, drawn from 17 named sources; 3 of those sources stand in the library. 1 work in the library quotes it back.
18 authority 2 neutral 1 refuted 1 extended Of the 22 citations in Kātyāyana Smṛti, 1 argues against its source.
the sources most drawn on
3 of 3 sources-
Bṛhaspati 4 citations · 10 passages
chapter 19 · chapter 20 · chapter 29 · chapter 42 · chapter 51 · chapter 52 · chapter 63 · chapter 72 3 passages anchored hereBṛhaspati is cited by name as the authority behind two specific legal doctrines, functioning as a recognized legal source within the text.
Among brothers in a family who have been educated by their father, whatever wealth is acquired through valor is to be divided, says Bṛhaspati.
chapter 72 · invoked as authority for property classification rules ¶ -
Manu 3 citations · 4 passages
Manu is explicitly named as the authority for the maxim about not abandoning the accused, invoked to legitimate the surrounding rule.
Manu says one should not abandon an accused person.
chapter 33 · authority invoked ¶ -
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 · self-citation establishing the rule's authority ¶
named once
14 sourcesEach stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.
- chapter 2 3 sources
- Smṛtis · Vedas · texts on polity (Arthaśāstra tradition)
- chapter 24 1 source
- unspecified legal teaching
- chapter 25 1 source
- unspecified Smṛti scriptures
- chapter 43 1 source
- Legal maxims of Bhṛgu
- chapter 57 2 sources
- Gārgīya and Mānava texts · Scriptural conclusion on gifts in distress
- chapter 62 1 source
- Other knowers of the law
- chapter 63 1 source
- Bhṛgu
- chapter 68 2 sources
- Gautama · Kauśika
- chapter 80 2 sources
- another authority (unnamed) · the scriptures
cited by
2 · all from one workThe 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.
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Vīramitrodaya Mitra Miśra 2 citations · 7 passages
Named explicitly ('Kātyāyana says').
And so, by Kātyāyana, having stated the prohibition of cutting Darbha grass on Amā, it is said:
chapter 1 ¶
the marks
- authority
- relied on as a source of legitimacy
- neutral
- 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
- ¶
- 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.
Every count on this page is a link to the passages behind it. A name without a link is recorded but not yet paged. How the harvest reads.