Citations:smṛiti

English citations of smṛiti

• 1900 — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, A History of Sanskrit Literature, ch x, p. 284

  Its title, Kārshṇa Veda, or "Veda of Kṛishṇa" (a form of Vishṇu), the occurrence of a famous invocation of Nārāyaṇa and Nara (names of Vishṇu) and Sarasvatī (Vishṇu's wife) at the beginning of each of its larger sections, and the prevalence of Vishnuite doctrines throughout the work, prove it to have been a smṛiti of the ancient Vishnuite sect of the Bhāgavatas.