The sources of Nāradasmṛti

1. Manu 1 authority 1 citation · 7 passages

   chapter 1 7 passages anchored here

   Manu is cited repeatedly by name as the originating authority for specific legal rulings on theft and punishment, functioning as an authoritative textual/doctrinal source

   Manu Svāyaṃbhuva declared ten places of punishment, which should apply to the three classes;

2. Nārada 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   chapter 1 2 passages anchored here

   The work explicitly credits Nārada as its authorial voice within the ordeal section and in its closing colophon, functioning as a self-citation of authority

   For the purification of those accused in doubtful matters, the means of distinguishing truth from untruth were again declared by the great-souled Nārada.

3. Nāradasmṛti Nārada 1 authority 1 citation · 226 passages

   chapter 1 226 passages anchored here

   Every paragraph carries an explicit '(Nar. ...)' self-reference, treating the text as an authoritative, citable legal source in its own right.

   in the reverse case (with a woman of a lower class), the middle amercement.

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

chapter 1 11 sources

Arthaśāstra · Dharmaśāstra · Ordinance of Prajāpati · narrative of Vasiṣṭha's oath · narrative of the seven sages and Indra · rule attributed to Manu Prajāpati on interest · sacred texts (Dharmaśāstra tradition, unspecified) · sacred texts (smṛti/śāstra tradition) · teaching on giving (fourfold path of gifts) · unspecified sacred texts (śāstra) · Śruti and Smṛti

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. Nāradasmṛti Nārada 1 authority 1 citation · 226 passages

   chapter 1 226 passages anchored here

   Every paragraph carries an explicit '(Nar. ...)' self-reference, treating the text as an authoritative, citable legal source in its own right.

   in the reverse case (with a woman of a lower class), the middle amercement.