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	Sage Yajnavalkya
		Yajnavalkya was the son of the sister of Mahamuni Vaishampayana, the Vedacharya of the Taittiriya section.
		Yajnavalkya worshipped and extolled the Sun, the master of the Vedas, for the purpose of acquiring the fresh Vedic portions not known to his preceptor, Vaishampayana.
		Yajnavalkya replied that there was no hope of immortality through wealth and that she would only become one among the many who were well-to-do on earth.
	www.dlshq.org /saints/yajnavalkya.htm (1248 words)

	Smrithis
		The Smritis have given detailed instructions, according to the conditions of the time, to all classes of men regarding their duties in life.
		The injunctions and prohibitions of the Smritis are related to the particular social surroundings.
		The laws of Manu are intended for the Satya Yuga; those of Yajnavalkya are for the Treta Yuga; those of Sankha and Likhita are for the Dvapara Yuga; and those of Parasara are for the Kali Yuga.
	bharatadesam.com /scriptures/smrithis.php (860 words)

	Hindu Scriptures
		The laws of Smritis and the principles of the Vedas are stamped firmly on the minds of the Hindus through the noble and marvelous deeds of their great national heroes.
		The Sruti is the root; the Smritis, Itihasas and Puranas are the trunk; the Agamas and Darsanas are the branches; and the Subhashitas, Kavyas, Natakas and Alankaras are the flowers of the tree of India’s Culture.
		Dharma Sastras or Smritis, are the fourth supplementary Anga of the Vedas.
	www.hinduism.co.za /vedas-.htm (10847 words)

	Yajnavalkya Smriti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Yajnavalkya Smriti is one of the three main Smritis.
		It was written by Sage Yajnavalkya of Mithila.
		This page was last modified 15:34, 1 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yajnavalkya_Smriti (50 words)

	DHARMA
		Smriti comprises the six Vedangas ("ancillary texts," collections of aphoristic treatises [sutras] that interpret the Veda), the epics Mahabharata (including the Bhagavadgita) and Ramayana, and the Puranas ("stories of old; sacred myths").
		Although all of these texts address concerns relating to dharma, the most direct in their evaluations are those of the six Vedangas, one of which is made up of the Kalpasutras, or teachings on proper activity.
		If shruti and smriti both fail to elucidate a problem, then the community may look for guidance in the actions of people who "practice what is right" (sadachara), or who generally "act according to [Vedic] instruction" (shistachara).
	www.uwec.edu /beachea/dharma.html (2121 words)

	Opinion - What Revision of the Constitution?
		Smritis have been progressive as well as regressive, as per the forces in that state.
		Smritis were not written by popularly elected committees, they were highly controlled by the dominant castes and classes.
		Manu smriti was always used to suppress lower castes and women and our society has suffered great cleavages due to the smriti?s arrogant presence.
	www.sikhnet.com /sikhnet/discussion.nsf/f2a051bd361446a587256c98005b5fa3/f4f577a3771a0a3f87256a590049355e!OpenDocument (731 words)

	Smriti - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Smriti (Sanskrit स्मॄति, "that which is remembered") refers to a specific canon of Hindu religious scripture.
		Smriti also denotes non-Shruti texts generally, seen as secondary in authority to Shruti.
		Categorization of the Smriti has been a contentious issue, even the names of proposed categories are debated.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Smriti (96 words)

	Mike's History p 50 - Laws of Manu. Selections.
		The 'Laws of Manu' or 'Manu Smriti' is the best-known ancient Indian treatise on religious law and social obligation, although neither the oldest nor most authoritative.
		The Yajnavalkya smriti, associated with the name of one of the foremost Vedic sages and philosophers, is later than Manu's work, and is more precise and detailed in its treatment of legal procedure.
		The whole Veda is the basis of Dharma, as also the Smritis and the conduct of those that know the Vedas, the conduct of the good and the conscience of the disciplined.
	www.galileolibrary.com /history/history_page_50.htm (1721 words)

	Eastern Book Company—Practical Lawyer
		There was Manu Smriti which was held in even greater respect than Yajnavalkya Smriti, but Vijnaneshwara preferred to write his commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti rather than on Manu Smriti.
		Thus, there is a clear demarcation between law and religion in Yajnavalkya Smriti, which is not to be found in the Manu Smriti.
		It was perhaps for this reason that Vijnaneshwara preferred the Yajnavalkya Smriti to the Manu Smriti for writing his commentary.
	www.ebc-india.com /lawyer/articles/2005_7_3.htm (2424 words)

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		smriti means “memory” or “remembrance” and refers to those books written by living authorities, by the light of their wisdom and the sacred scriptures, the
		smriti, meaning on what in the tradition is not clearly expressed, they usually deal with the family and domestic rituals and the social duties..
		Manu, Yajnavalkya, Parashara, Gautama, Harita, Yama, Vishnu, Shankha, Likhita, Brihaspati, Daksha, Angiras, Pracetas, Samvarta, Acanas, Atri, Apastamba, Satapata are the 18 rishi who, through their supernatural power, had a complete mastery of the Veda, from which they create the smriti.
	www.hinduism.it /zzUII4.HTM (1901 words)

	Spirituality, Hinduism, Hindu Scriptures
		The smriti tradition made the divine wisdom more relevant to the lives of ordinary human beings.
		In the smriti texts, in marked contrast to earlier vedas, god is described as much more personal, entering into the lives of humans by creating them, loving them, inspiring them to worship and ultimately, through divine grace, saving them.
		The earlier shruti vedas and the later smriti texts can be compared to Old Testament and New testament of Christians in their philosophy in terms of approaching god.
	1stholistic.com /Prayer/Hindu/hol_Hindu-scriptures.htm (2309 words)

	All About Hinduism
		The four Vedas, the Smriti texts, the behaviour of those who have entered into their spirit and act according to their injunctions, the conduct of holy men and satisfaction of one’s own self—these are the bases of Dharma, according to Manu.
		Manu Smriti, Yajnavalkya Smriti and Parasara Smriti contain the code of conduct for man. The three kinds of austerity of the Gita are nothing but ethics in an intensified form.
		Yajnavalkya said to his wife Maitreyi: “Behold, my dear, not indeed for the love of the husband is the husband dear, for the love of the Self is the husband dear.” And so with wife, sons, property, friends, worlds and even the Devas themselves.
	www.dlshq.org /download/hinduismbk.htm#_VPID_1 (18134 words)

	FAQ on Hinduism
		Then Vidaghdha, son of Shakala, asked him, "How many gods are there, Yajnavalkya?" Yajnavalkya, ascertaining the number through a group of mantras known as the Nivid, replied, "'As many as it says in the invocation of the hymn to the Visvedevas of the gods: three hundred and three, and three thousand and three."
		In Sanskrit smarta has several meanings including one who remembers, a teacher, and smārta means "relating to memory, recorded in or based on the smrti, based on tradition, prescribed or sanctioned by traditional law or usage, (etc)", from the root smr ("remember").
		Thus, a bedrock of Smartas who also follow Advaita philosophy, is their belief in the essential sameness of all deities, the unity of Godhead, and their conceptualization of the myriad deities of India as various manifestations of the one divine power.
	www.indicstudies.us /Hinduism/faqdharma.html (7485 words)

	Online Journal of Indology \| Bibliographic Encyclopedia \| Original Works \| Mitaksara (Vijnanesvara) - DU877.1 - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Yajnavalkya's Smriti: With the Commentary of Vijnanesvara, Called the Mitaksara and the Gloss of Balambhatta (Sacred Books of the Hindus Number 2)
		Yajnavalkya smriti;: With the commentary of VijnanesÃvara called the Mitaksara and notes from the gloss of BaÃlambhatÃÂ£tÃÂ£a (Sacred books of the Hindus) (Sacred books of the Hindus)
		Yajnavalkya Smriti,: With the commentary of Vijnanesvara, called the Mitaksara and notes from the gloss of BÃ¢lambhatta.
	www.indology.net /biblio-1739.html (219 words)

	The Crown of Sarvajna
		When one is aware of the imperishable, the Soul Supreme, one is called Brahma-jnani or Brahmanishta (one established in the Brahman) and he is liberated from the painful chains of birth and death," said Yajnavalkya speaking from his own realisation of Vedic truths.
		All the participants of the Jnanayaga praised Yajnavalkya as Sarvajna, the Brahmanishta, and honored him.
		In course of time a collection of these practical hints for religious life became famous as "Yajnavalkya Smriti" (The Code of Yajnavalkya).
	www.freeindia.org /biographies/sages/yajnavalkya/page17.htm (371 words)

	Hinduism - The Smritis
		Manu is the greatest law-giver of the race.
		The Yajnavalkya Smriti is next in importance to it.
		The most important are those of Manu, Yajnavalkya and Parasara.
	www.hinduism.8k.com /smritis.html (1014 words)

	Swaminarayan Sampraday - Shikshapatri Q & A
		In Yajnavalkya Smriti-Mitakshara Commentary, Narada declares: A person who does not serve the parents is not entitled to inherit his parent’s property.
		A sick person should be served with medicines, food, water, etc. A sick person means any person who is injured, according to Yajnavalkya, serving a patient is as good as giving away a cow or like serving a God.
		Yajnavalkya, the writer of our Sat Shastra, in his Yajnavalkya Smriti declared that the person who makes such false allegation incurs double the sin alleged by him.
	www.swaminarayan.nu /sampraday/shikshaQA.shtml (1507 words)

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	- Women In The Sacred Laws - The Later Law Books - (Page 17)
		It would not be far wrong if it is asserted that this verse came to be inserted into the Parasara Smriti soon after the, compilation of the Manu Smriti.
		Vijnanesvara, who commented upon the Yajnavalkya Smriti, 58 attribute them to Sankhangirasa, who seems to have been joint authors of some Smriti.
		It appears, however, that these two verses were incorporated in Parasara after the model of Angirasa or Sankhangirasa; for Medhatithi, a commentator on Manu Smriti, refers to and condemns the practice of Anumarana, allowed by Angirasa.
	www.hindubooks.org /women_in_the_sacredlaws/the_later_lawbooks/page17.htm (382 words)

	- Women In The Sacred Laws - The Commentaries And Digests On Hindu ( Page 3)
		This commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti was composed by the ascetic Vijnanesvara, of Kalyanapura in the present Hyderabad State, towards the end of the 111h or the beginning of the 12th century.
		The Bengal school of writers agrees on several points with Apararka, and many instances of such agreement may be traced in Sulapani's commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti, called the Dipakalika.
		Professor Jolly does not think the last of these dates to be correct, as ' Visvesvara mentions among his sources the Smriti Chandrika and Hemadri's digest'.
	www.hindubooks.org /women_in_the_sacredlaws/digest_on_hindu_law/page3.htm (303 words)

	Untitled
		Later there was the composition of texts like Brahmanas and Aranyakas, smritis like Manu Smriti and Yajnavalkya Smriti and Puranas.
		These commentaries recorded the changes in the society and the adjustments that were made in the law codes.
		For example, Manu Smriti mentions the emergence of number of jatis as a result of inter mixture of various higher and lower varnas.
	www.suite101.com /course/print_lesson.cfm/18730/2056/1 (455 words)

	Hindu Scriptures
		Manu Smriti ("The Laws of Manu") (150 B.C.E.), meant for the satya yuga.
		Yajñavalkya Smriti ("The Laws of Yajñavalkya"), meant for the treta yuga.
		Parashara Smriti ("The Laws of Parashara"), meant for the kali yuga.
	www.hariharananda.org /english/downloads/hindu-scriptures.htm (3034 words)

	Special Features - Spiritual significance of music - Part 1 by Dr. V Raghavan
		The classical pronouncement on music of voice, of instruments like the Vina, on the mastery of sruti-s, swaras and the various rhythmic measures, is in the Smriti of Yajnavalkya who is esteemed as a Yogin.
		Brahman has two aspects, both of which have to be known, Para Brahman and Sabda Brahman, it is one established in the latter that reaches the former.
		Like the Yanjnavalkya Smriti, the Sangeeta Ratnakara of Sarngadeva, forming a bridge as it were between the ancient and later music and enjoying a high position in the history of music, enunciates in its opening chapter all aspects of this sacred, divine and spiritual character of music.
	www.carnatica.net /special/music1.htm (856 words)

	Dasa Avatars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Which means, some puranas were tampered with, unlike other smriti texts like gItA.
		Purana portions that contradict sruti will be liable to rejection and cannot be used as a valid smriti.
		In the brahmasUtras, portions of some smritis are rejected due to the same reason.
	www.advaita-vedanta.org /archives/advaita-l/2003-May/005024.html (212 words)

	Shree Swaminarayan Bhagwan's Shikshapatri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		All my disciples who are desirous of their welfare shall listen to these scriptures and the twice born shall study and teach them to others and deliver discourses on them.
		The Mitakshara Commentary on Yajnavalkya Smriti, out of the above eight scriptures, shall be treated as authority for determining the issues relating to the standards and norms of right conduct, right dealings in worldly matters, and right repentance for atonement of sins.
		The Tenth Skanda, the Fifth Skanda of the Bhagavat ; and Yajnavalkya Smriti shall be esteemed respectively as our Science of Devotion, Science of Yoga, and Science of Dharma.
	indianartsshop.com /shik.html (8624 words)

	tribuneindia...Book Reviews
		Shruti comprises the four vedas — the Rig Veda, the Sama Veda, the Yajur Veda and the Atharva Veda.
		Smriti is actually the Dharma Shastra which lays down the do’s and don’ts for every individual.
		Though numerous in number, the most prominent are Manu Smriti, Yajnavalkya Smriti, Shankha Likhita Smriti and the Parashara Smriti.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99oct10/book.htm (5404 words)

	ATMA JYOTI ASHRAM - Monastic Life - Sannyasa Dharma
		In the Yajnavalkya Smriti it is said: “Of all works, like sacrifices, rituals, control of senses, harmlessness, charity or study of the Vedas, this one thing is the highest duty: that one should seek the Self through Yoga.
		Yajnavalkya said to Kahola: “He who passes beyond hunger and thirst, beyond sorrow and delusion, beyond old age and death—Brahmanas who wish to attain that Self, overcome the desire for sons, desire for wealth, desire for the world, and live the life of mendicants.”
		The questions put by Gargi to Sage Yajnavalkya in the court of Janaka mark her out as an ideal sannyasini.
	www.atmajyoti.org /mo_sannyasa_dharma.asp (9568 words)

	Essence of yoga
		And sage Yajnavalkya says that all great deeds done in this world, without the knowledge of the One Imperishable Being, are not worth anything.
		The functions of Chitta are Smriti or Smarana, Dharana (retention) and Anusandhana (inquiry or investigation).
		Smriti of memory is the function of Chitta (subconscious mind).
	sivanandaonline.org /graphics/ebooks/swami_sivanandaji/downnload/essence_yoga.html (13820 words)

	SanathanaDharma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Yajnavalkya regards the reading of the Vedas the highest object of the Upanayana: "The teacher, having initiated the pupil with the Mahavyarhrtis, should teach him Vedas and the rules of conduct." According to Apastamba and Bharadvaja, the Upanayana was meant for learning.
		In the Smriti and subsequent times many disabilities were imposed for not performing the Upanayana ceremony.
		Aparaka on the Yajnavalkya Smriti points out that the staff could also serve the purpose of making the student self confident and self reliant, when he went out in the forest for collected sacred fuels, for tending the cattle of his guru or when he traveled in darkness.
	www.sanathanadharma.com /samskaras/edu1.htm (8446 words)

	Holy Women - Swaminarayan Sampraday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This shows that the interests of women were nearest and dearest to is heart.
		The source of His guidelines for the betterment and progress lies in Yajnavalkya Smriti, one of the eight recognized sources of our Sampraday.
		Yajnavalkya Smriti states that the girl to selected should be healthy.
	www.akshardham.org /~isso/religion/holywomen.html (733 words)

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