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Dharmasūtra Parallels

by Āpastamba, Gautama, Baudhāyana & Vasiṣṭha; tr. Patrick Olivelle

Sanskrit (Devanagari) with English translation

A parallel, topic-by-topic comparison of the four surviving Dharmasūtras (Āpastamba, Gautama, Baudhāyana, and Vasiṣṭha) with Sanskrit text and English translation, arranged by subject across 31 chapters.

Chapters (31)

  1. 1.Introduction
  2. 2.Sources and Arbiters of Dharma
  3. 3.Diversity of Dharma
  4. 4.Varṇa System
  5. 5.Āśrama System
  6. 6.Vedic Student
  7. 7.Snātaka
  8. 8.Marriage
  9. 9.Householder
  10. 10.Women
  11. 11.Children
  12. 12.Kinship
  13. 13.Inheritance
  14. 14.Vedic Study
  15. 15.Teacher
  16. 16.Ritual Activities
  17. 17.Gifts
  18. 18.Guests
  19. 19.Rules of Precedence
  20. 20.Greeting
  21. 21.Food
  22. 22.Death
  23. 23.Ancestral Offering (śrāddha)
  24. 24.Impurity and Purification
  25. 25.Ascetic Householders
  26. 26.Forest Hermits
  27. 27.Wandering Mendicants
  28. 28.Sins and Penances
  29. 29.King and State
  30. 30.Judicial Procedure
  31. 31.Conclusion