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Re: ARTICLE : SBG, shruti and smR^iti
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: ARTICLE : SBG, shruti and smR^iti
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From: dchakrav@netserv.unmc.edu (Dhruba Chakravarti)
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Date: 5 Sep 1996 20:24:42 GMT
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Newsgroups: soc.religion.hindu
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Organization: University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Jaldhar H. Vyas (jaldhar@braincells.com) wrote:
: Smrti is not inferior to Shruti. It is later so if there is a conflict
: between the two, Shruti takes precedence but even then the usual practice
: of the Shastris is to try and reconcile the two. Most of our current
: rites and customs (especially for non-Brahmans) are based on Smrti not
: Shruti but that doesn't make them any less "Vedic."
Dear Jaldharji:
Thank you for elaborating your views on this. Let us put this statement
to a test, if we may.
None of the Vedas have a verse that restrict them in any way to anybody,
but in society, yAGYic brahmins declare that veda-adhikAra is restricted
to people born in a brAhmin family, would you say that they give
precedence to samhitA? Would you say that it is a Vedic practice or one
that is sanctioned by the Vedas?
With best regards,
Dhruba.
