A note by Eugene Burnouf (1801–52) describes this as a ‘collection of Smrītis or compilations of laws [ascribed to] Viṣṇu, Bharadvādja, Bṛhaspati, Dakṣa, Yama, Likhita, Aṅgirā, Nārada, Yājñavalkya, in Sanskrit and in Telugu characters...’