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|Texts
 
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|Part of Kalpa : Ex - Apastamba, Hiranyakesin, Baudhayana
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|Are a part of Kalpa : Ex - Apastamba, Hiranyakesin, Baudhayana
|Smrti granthas - Manusmrti, Yajnavalkya smrti
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|Include Smrtigranthas - Manusmrti, Yajnavalkya smrti
 
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|Form
 
|Form
|Composed in prose intermixed with slokas
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|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
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|Sutra format of writing terse short aphorisms applies to the prose form of presentation
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|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.
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|Topics are given under distinct heads namely Aachara, Vyavahara and Prayaschitta.
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|Affiliation to Vedas
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|Quotations presented in Dharmasutras show a predilection for certain Vedas or associated shakas
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|Topics are far more uniform without any predilection towards any Veda.
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|Relationship with other Sutragranthas
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|Typically dharmasutras closely resemble other Sutragranthas namely Grhyasutras of a particular Veda
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|No resemblance to other granthas.  
 
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