Laghu-Harita-Smrti : Text with English Translation and Notes/Siddheswar
Jena. Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2004, xv, 90 p., ISBN
81-8090-051-7.
Laghu-Harita-Smrti : Text with English Translation and Notes/Siddheswar
Jena. Delhi, Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, 2004, xv, 90 p., ISBN
81-8090-051-7.
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Essential characteristics of the devotees of Visnu, the sages request Harita to narrate to them the duties of different Varnas and Asramas and to speak on Yogasastra. Harita gives an account of the duties of Brahmanas. 2. Duties of three Varnas-Ksatriya, Vaisya and Sudra. 3. Duties of Brahmacarins. 4. Duties of house-holders. 5. Duties of Vanaprasthas. 6. Duties of wandering mendicants (Yati). 7. Essence of Yoga philosophy. Bibliography. Index of Sanskrit verses. Index.
"The present edition of the Laghu-Harita-Smrti, along with its introduction, English translation and note is not doubt an incomparable and a novel contribution to the hitherto published Dharmasastra literature, from the pen of a scholar of Purana literature." (jacket)