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Vashishta Dharmasutra is an ancient legal text, and one of the few Dharma-related treatises which has survived into the modern era. This Dharmasūtra (300–100 BCE) forms an independent text and other parts of the Kalpasūtra, that is Shrauta and Grihya-sutras are missing. It contains 1,038 sutras.

Translations

Vashisht Dharmsutra has been translated by:

References

  1. Lingat, Robert (1973). The Classical Law of India. University of California Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-520-01898-3.
  2. Olivelle, Patrick (2006). Between the Empires: Society in India 300 BCE to 400 CE. Oxford University Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-19-977507-1.
  3. Bühler, Georg (1882). "Vashishta Dharmasutra". Wisdom Library. Retrieved 23 Nov 2024.
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