Hindu religious traditions
Yajnavalkya Smritiयाज्ञवल्क्य स्मृति
Smriti / Dharmashastra
Yajnavalkya Smriti belongs to the dharma literature concerned with duties, religious conduct and legal or social questions. Surviving forms and attribution differ between works.
STORY & TRADITION
The world of Yajnavalkya Smriti.
Yajnavalkya Smriti belongs to the dharma literature concerned with duties, religious conduct and legal or social questions. Surviving forms and attribution differ between works.
The Sacred Library
Details & context.
- Tradition dependence
- High — compare the identified textual or regional account.
- Library category
- Smriti & Dharmashastra
- Form / textual family
- Smriti / Dharmashastra
- Traditional attribution
- Traditionally associated with Yajnavalkya; traditional attribution is not a proof of single historical authorship.
- Subject & teachings
- Yajnavalkya Smriti belongs to the dharma literature concerned with duties, religious conduct and legal or social questions. Surviving forms and attribution differ between works.
- Structure
- Consult the identified edition for chapters, recension and numbering.
- Associated deities / figures
- Yajnavalkya
- Textual relationships
- Smriti & Dharmashastra
- Historical context
- Composition, transmission and redaction must be distinguished; no unsupported exact date is assigned.
- Reading notes
- A historical religious text, not a statement of current civil law. Identify the edition and distinguish descriptive study from endorsement.
- Tradition notes
- Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
FOLLOW THE THREADS
Connected worlds.
2 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
The Sacred Library1
Characters & Cosmic Entities1
Image credit.
Bhagavata Purana manuscript, West Bengal, 16th century (?), LACMA M.88.134.4. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert Slusser. Image courtesy LACMA, public domain.
Original source · Public domain, released with LACMA's Public Domain High Resolution Image Available designationResized and converted to WebP.
READ THE SOURCES
Texts & references.
Sanskrit Documents — Text editions
Sanskrit electronic texts; check the individual file’s edition and contributors.
Multiple traditions · A text directory is a finding aid. Precise passage-level claims are identified separately when available.Reference overview. Consult the identified text and passage; unestablished fields are explicitly marked.