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Baudhayana Dharmasutra

Baudhayanadharmasutra

Attributed to Baudhayana · c. 500-200 BC · Kuru-Panchala region (India) · law

Baudhayana's Dharmasutra, transmitted within the same Black Yajurveda school that produced the geometrically precise Baudhayana Sulbasutra, sets out rules for social and ritual duty while candidly noting regional disagreement among Brahmanical authorities on specific customs.

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Sacred Texts - The Sacred Laws of the Aryas Part II: Vasishtha and Baudhayana (SBE14)

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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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