The institutes of Vishnu

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The institutes of Vishnu

translated by Julius Jolly

(The sacred books of the East / translated by various oriental scholars ; and edited by F. Max Müller, v. 7)(Unesco collection of representative works, Indian ser.)

Banarsidass, 1965

[New ed.]

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Viṣṇusmr̥ti

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First published by the Clarendon Press, 1880

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Volume 7 of the series on sacred books of the east is devoted to the study of the institute of Visnumriti, also called Vaishnava Dharmasastra. It is mainly a collection of ancient aphorisms on the sacred laws of India. It treats variety of subjects. It contains one of the oldest vedic schools, The Kathas, on the one hand and code of Manu and some other ancient law codes, on the other hand.

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