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Dharmasaṃgraha manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Dharmasaṃgraha

ark:/12148/btv1b531570153

This contains six of ten chapters (adhikāra) of Dharmasaṅgraha, authored by the Digambara Jain, Medhāvin. Belonging to the genre ‘śrāvakācāra’, the text addresses the con...

Mānavadharmaśāstra manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Mānavadharmaśāstra

ark:/12148/btv1b10082778z

Popularly known as the Manusmṛiti, it is attributed to the legendary first man and lawgiver ‘Manu’, and is the most authoritative text of dharmaśāstra or Hindu law. It wa...

Smr̥ti collection manuscript preview Bibliothèque nationale de France

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Smr̥ti collection

ark:/12148/btv1b100827834

A collection of five smṛti texts: Vasiṣṭhasmṛti, Hārītasmṛti, Vṛddhahārītasmṛti, Bṛhaspatismṛti, and Viṣṇusmṛti. A title folio gives the name of the texts in order, as we...