Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

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    Ancient · Sanskrit

    Parāśara Smṛti

    Parāśara

    Chapters
    12
    Variants
    24
    Genre
    Law
    Difficulty
    Intermediate

    Chapters

    1. 01Chapter 1verse
    2. 02Chapter 2verse
    3. 03Chapter 3verse
    4. 04Chapter 4verse
    5. 05Chapter 5verse
    6. 06Chapter 6verse
    7. 07Chapter 7verse
    8. 08Chapter 8verse
    9. 09Chapter 9verse
    10. 10Chapter 10verse
    11. 11Chapter 11verse
    12. 12Chapter 12verse

    In the atlas

    fully mapped

    Figures38

    Manu · Parāśara · Uśanas · Atri · Aṅgiras · Brahmā · Dakṣa · Garga · Gautama · Gold-thief (thief of a Brāhmaṇa's gold)

    Ideas17

    Dvāpara Yuga · Penance · Authority of Brahminical speech · Concealment versus public confession of sin · Cāndrāyaṇa penance · Dharma · Kali Yuga · Kṛcchra and related graded penances · Kṛta Yuga · Necessity overriding dharma in crisis

    Places

    Badarikā · Devadāru forest · Hell · Himālaya · Setubandha · heaven

    Groups21

    Brāhmaṇas · Kṣatriya · Vaiśya · Śūdra · Caṇḍāla · Assembly · Demons · Maruts, Vasus, Rudras, Ādityas · Menstruating woman · Vṛṣalī

    Events14

    Kṛcchra · Aśvamedha sacrifice · Brahmakūrca · Cāndrāyaṇa · Five great sacrifices · Punaḥ saṃskāra · Sāṃtapana Kṛcchra · Tulāpuruṣa gift · battlefield death of the hero · dog bite

    Objects

    Gāyatrī · Veda · Dharmaśāstras · Drupadā mantra · Manu's laws · Pañcagavya · Sacred fig tree, funeral pyre, sacrificial post · Sāvitrī / Gāyatrī mantra · Vāmadevya Sāman · sacrificial implements

    Animals

    Cow · Dog · Frog and mouse · Polluting well/water creatures · She-buffalo, she-camel, she-ass, she-monkey, sow · Vulture, pig, dog · Weasel and cat · Wild and domestic animals subject to killing-penances

    16 citations · 34 themes · 140 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.