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Vasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra (The Sacred Law of Vasiṣṭha)

Vasishtha

A prose manual with interspersed verses, in thirty chapters, on the rules of conduct: the sources of dharma, the four social classes, the stages of life (student, householder, hermit, ascetic), purity, women, inheritance, adoption, lawful interest on loans, the king and penances. It ends with a chapter of maxims and a salutation to Vasiṣṭha, 'son of Mitra and Varuṇa and of Urvaśī'.

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English

Translated by Georg Bühler · 58 chapters · 9 h reading

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Sanskrit

· 1 chapter · 1 h reading

  1. 1वासिष्ठधर्मशास्त्रम् · 131′
Vasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra (The Sacred Law of Vasiṣṭha) by Vasishtha — full text · The Conscious Library