Apastamba Dharmasutra

Āpastamba Dharmasūtra (Sanskrit: आपस्तम्ब धर्मसूत्र) is a Sanskrit text and one of the oldest Dharma-related texts of Hinduism that have survived into the modern age from the 1st millennium BCE.^[1] It is one of three extant Dharmasutras texts from the Taittiriya school of Krishna Yajurveda, the other two being Baudhayana Dharmasutra and Hiranyakesin Dharmasutra.^[2]

The Apastamba Dharmasutra is part of Apastamba Kalpasutra collection, along with Apastamba Shrautasutra and Apastamba Grihyasutra.^[2] One of the best preserved ancient texts on Dharma,^[3] it is also notable for mentioning and citing views of ten ancient experts on Dharma, which has led scholars to conclude that there existed a rich genre of Dharmasutras text in ancient India before this text was composed.^[4]^[5]

^ Patrick Olivelle 2006, p. 178 with note 28.
^ ^a ^b Robert Lingat 1973, p. 20.
^ Patrick Olivelle 1999, pp. xxvi–xxvii with note 5.
^ Robert Lingat 1973, pp. 19–22, Quote: The dharma-sutra of Apastamba suggests that a rich literature on dharma already existed. He cites ten authors by name. (...)..
^ Timothy Lubin, Donald R. Davis Jr & Jayanth K. Krishnan 2010, p. 38.

[FOOTNOTEPatrick_Olivelle2006178_with_note_28-1] Patrick Olivelle 2006, p. 178 with note 28.

[FOOTNOTERobert_Lingat197320-2] Robert Lingat 1973, p. 20.

[FOOTNOTEPatrick_Olivelle1999xxvi–xxvii_with_note_5-3] Patrick Olivelle 1999, pp. xxvi–xxvii with note 5.

[FOOTNOTERobert_Lingat197319–22,_Quote:_The_dharma-sutra_of_Apastamba_suggests_that_a_rich_literature_on_dharma_already_existed._He_cites_ten_authors_by_name._(...).-4] Robert Lingat 1973, pp. 19–22, Quote: The dharma-sutra of Apastamba suggests that a rich literature on dharma already existed. He cites ten authors by name. (...)..

[FOOTNOTETimothy_LubinDonald_R._Davis_JrJayanth_K._Krishnan201038-5] Timothy Lubin, Donald R. Davis Jr & Jayanth K. Krishnan 2010, p. 38.

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