Baudhayana Dharmasutra
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The Baudhayana Dharmasutra is an ancient Sanskrit text of the Dharmasutra genre that outlines social, legal, and religious duties within early Vedic Hindu society.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Baudhayana Dharmasutra canonical | 2 |
| Baudhayana Grihyasutra | 1 |
| Baudhāyana Shrauta Sutra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4512236 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baudhayana Dharmasutra Context triple: [Smriti literature, includes, Baudhayana Dharmasutra]
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A.
Grihyasutras
Grihyasutras are ancient Hindu ritual texts that prescribe domestic rites and ceremonies, particularly those related to household life and life-cycle rituals.
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B.
Gautama Dharmasutra
Gautama Dharmasutra is an ancient Hindu legal and religious text, traditionally attributed to the sage Gautama, that outlines social duties, legal norms, and ritual practices.
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C.
Yajnavalkya Smriti
Yajnavalkya Smriti is a classical Hindu legal and ethical text attributed to the sage Yajnavalkya, known for its systematic treatment of dharma, social duties, and jurisprudence.
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D.
Manusmriti
Manusmriti is an ancient Hindu legal and ethical text traditionally attributed to the sage Manu, outlining social duties, laws, and moral conduct within the varna and ashrama system.
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E.
Brihaspati Smriti
Brihaspati Smriti is an ancient Indian legal and religious text attributed to the sage Brihaspati, known for its detailed treatment of law, governance, and judicial procedures within the Dharmashastra tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Baudhayana Dharmasutra Target entity description: The Baudhayana Dharmasutra is an ancient Sanskrit text of the Dharmasutra genre that outlines social, legal, and religious duties within early Vedic Hindu society.
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A.
Grihyasutras
Grihyasutras are ancient Hindu ritual texts that prescribe domestic rites and ceremonies, particularly those related to household life and life-cycle rituals.
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B.
Gautama Dharmasutra
Gautama Dharmasutra is an ancient Hindu legal and religious text, traditionally attributed to the sage Gautama, that outlines social duties, legal norms, and ritual practices.
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C.
Yajnavalkya Smriti
Yajnavalkya Smriti is a classical Hindu legal and ethical text attributed to the sage Yajnavalkya, known for its systematic treatment of dharma, social duties, and jurisprudence.
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D.
Manusmriti
Manusmriti is an ancient Hindu legal and ethical text traditionally attributed to the sage Manu, outlining social duties, laws, and moral conduct within the varna and ashrama system.
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E.
Brihaspati Smriti
Brihaspati Smriti is an ancient Indian legal and religious text attributed to the sage Brihaspati, known for its detailed treatment of law, governance, and judicial procedures within the Dharmashastra tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dharmasutra
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Hindu legal text ⓘ Sanskrit text ⓘ Smriti text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Taittiriya school of the Krishna Yajurveda
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linked to:
Taittiriya Shakha
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| attributedTo | Baudhayana ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu ethics text
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Hindu law book ⓘ |
| classification | early Hindu jurisprudence text ⓘ |
| concerns |
conduct of twice-born males
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domestic rites ⓘ expiations for sins ⓘ judicial procedures ⓘ property rights ⓘ |
| focus |
maintenance of ritual purity
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norms for householders ⓘ regulation of social order ⓘ |
| genre | Dharmashastra literature ⓘ |
| influenced | later Dharmashastra tradition ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Baudhayana corpus
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linked to:
Shulbasutras
|
| period | early Dharmasutra period ⓘ |
| presupposes | Vedic authority ⓘ |
| region | ancient India ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Baudhayana Grihyasutra
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linked to:
Grihyasutras
Baudhayana Shrautasutra ⓘ
linked to:
Shrauta Sutras
|
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script | Devanagari (in modern editions) ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | secondary to the Vedas ⓘ |
| structure | sutra format ⓘ |
| subject |
Vedic ritual practice
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ashrama duties ⓘ dharma ⓘ inheritance rules ⓘ king’s duties ⓘ legal duties ⓘ marriage rules ⓘ penances ⓘ purification rites ⓘ religious duties ⓘ social duties ⓘ varna duties ⓘ |
| textType | aphoristic prose ⓘ |
| transmittedAs | part of oral scholastic tradition ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Brahmin communities
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Vedic ritual specialists ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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linked to: Baudhayana Dharmasutra
linked to: Baudhayana Dharmasutra