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| | |Texts | | |Texts |
| − | |Part of Kalpa : Ex - Apastamba, Hiranyakesin, Baudhayana | + | |Are a part of Kalpa : Ex - Apastamba, Hiranyakesin, Baudhayana |
| − | |Smrti granthas - Manusmrti, Yajnavalkya smrti | + | |Include Smrtigranthas - Manusmrti, Yajnavalkya smrti |
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| | |Form | | |Form |
| − | |Composed in prose intermixed with slokas | + | |Composed in prose intermixed with slokas, some completely free of slokas |
| | |Composed as slokas (metrical form) exclusively | | |Composed as slokas (metrical form) exclusively |
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| | + | |Style of Writing |
| | + | |Sutra format of writing terse short aphorisms applies to the prose form of presentation |
| | + | |No brevity of writing in Sutra format is seen. |
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| | |Language | | |Language |
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| | |Arrangement of topics | | |Arrangement of topics |
| | |No arrangement into topics is seen though presented in an orderly manner | | |No arrangement into topics is seen though presented in an orderly manner |
| − | |Topics are given under distinct heads. | + | |Topics are given under distinct heads namely Aachara, Vyavahara and Prayaschitta. |
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| | + | |Affiliation to Vedas |
| | + | |Quotations presented in Dharmasutras show a predilection for certain Vedas or associated shakas |
| | + | |Topics are far more uniform without any predilection towards any Veda. |
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| | + | |Relationship with other Sutragranthas |
| | + | |Typically dharmasutras closely resemble other Sutragranthas namely Grhyasutras of a particular Veda |
| | + | |No resemblance to other granthas. |
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