The sources of Yājñavalkya Smṛti

Where Yājñavalkya Smṛti names another work or author, the harvest records the passage that does it and the chapter that passage stands in. 34 citations across 3 chapters, drawn from 27 named sources; 2 of those sources stand in the library. 1 work in the library quotes it back.

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30 authority 2 neutral 1 refuted 1 endorsed Of the 34 citations in Yājñavalkya Smṛti, 1 argues against its source.

the sources most drawn on

2 of 2 sources

Yājñavalkya 7 authority 1 endorsed 8 citations · 12 passages

chapter 2 6 passages anchored here · chapter 3 6 passages anchored here

The passage names this legal subsection explicitly as a recognized doctrinal category within the smṛti.

Violence and Robbery (sāhasaprakaraṇam)

chapter 2 · invocation of a named legal category as authoritative doctrinal division ¶
Ṛg-Veda 1 authority 1 citation

chapter 1

Explicitly named as one of the four Vedas whose daily study is prescribed.

With honey and milk, the twice-born who studies the Ṛg-Veda daily gratifies the gods, and the Ancestors with honey and ghee.

chapter 1 · Cites the Ṛg-Veda as a specific Veda whose study yields ritual merit. ¶

named once

25 sources

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

chapter 1 17 sources: Atharvāṅgirasa (Atharva-Veda) · Atharvāṅgirasa lore · Dharmaśāstra tradition (Manu, Atri, Viṣṇu, Hārīta, et al.) · Doctrine excluding Śūdra wives for twice-born men · Graha mantras (Ākṛṣṇena, Imaṃ devā, Agnir mūrdhā divaḥ kakut, Udbudhyasva, Bṛhaspate ati yad aryaḥ, Annāt parisrutaḥ, Śaṃ no devīḥ, Kāṇḍāt, Ketuṃ kṛṇvan) · Gāyatrī / Sāvitrī mantra · Pitṛyajña · Purāṇas, Itihāsas, and other lores · Pāvamānī hymns · Sāma-Veda · The Vedas · Trayī (the three Vedas) · Vedic mantras (Viśve devāsa, Śaṃ no devyā, Yavo 'si, Yā divyā, Uśantas tvā, Āyantu nas, Apahatā, Pitṛbhyaḥ sthānam asi, Pṛthivī pātram, Idaṃ viṣṇuḥ, Gāyatrī with Vyahṛtis, Madhu vātā, Vāje vāje, Ye samānā) · Vrātyastoma rite · Yajur-Veda · Ānvīkṣikī, Daṇḍanīti, and Vārtā (sciences of logic, statecraft, and economics) · Śruti and Smṛti (revelation and tradition)
chapter 2 4 sources: Arthaśāstra · Dharmaśāstra · Smṛti · The Three Vedas
chapter 3 4 sources: sacred songs (Aparāntaka, Ullopya, Madraka, Prakarī, Auveṇaka, Sarobindu, Uttara, Gītakas, Ṛggāthā, Pāṇikā, Brahmagītikā) · the Vedas, Purāṇas, and Upaniṣads · Āraṇyaka · Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas

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4 · all from one work

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Vīramitrodaya Mitra Miśra 4 authority 4 citations · 12 passages

chapter 1 12 passages anchored here

Cited with explicit chapter/verse references '(a. 1, ślo. 264)' and '(Yājñavalkya Smṛti, a. 1, ślo. 264)', the strongest citation form.

There, it was said by Yājñavalkya that the Cāturmāsyas should be performed:

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
7: 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.

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