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Apastamba Dharmasutra

Apastambadharmasutra

Apastamba's Dharmasutra grounds its legal and ritual prescriptions explicitly in the authority of the Veda and the practice of learned Brahmins, articulating a theory of dharma's sources that later, more systematic digests like Manusmriti would inherit.

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  • Manusmriti · compiled c. AD 100-200, drawing on older Dharmasutra material; a minority view dates parts as early as the 2nd century BC

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