Gautama Dharmasutra
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gautama Dharmasutra canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4512234 — 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: Gautama Dharmasutra Context triple: [Smriti literature, includes, Gautama Dharmasutra]
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A.
Mulasutras
Mulasutras are foundational Jain canonical texts that outline core doctrines, ethical principles, and monastic disciplines within the Agama literature.
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B.
Katyayana Smriti
Katyayana Smriti is an ancient Hindu legal and ethical text attributed to the sage Katyayana, forming part of the classical Dharmashastra tradition.
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C.
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.
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D.
Culikasutras
Culikasutras are a set of Jain Āgama scriptures that form part of the canonical religious literature of Jainism.
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E.
Nyaya Sutras
The Nyaya Sutras are an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes logic, epistemology, and debate within the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy.
- 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: Gautama Dharmasutra Target entity description: 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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A.
Mulasutras
Mulasutras are foundational Jain canonical texts that outline core doctrines, ethical principles, and monastic disciplines within the Agama literature.
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B.
Katyayana Smriti
Katyayana Smriti is an ancient Hindu legal and ethical text attributed to the sage Katyayana, forming part of the classical Dharmashastra tradition.
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C.
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.
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D.
Culikasutras
Culikasutras are a set of Jain Āgama scriptures that form part of the canonical religious literature of Jainism.
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E.
Nyaya Sutras
The Nyaya Sutras are an ancient Indian philosophical text that systematizes logic, epistemology, and debate within the Nyaya school of Hindu philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dharmasutra
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Hindu legal text ⓘ Sanskrit text ⓘ ancient Indian religious text ⓘ |
| approximateDate | last centuries BCE ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gautama school
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Srauta-sutra tradition ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Gautama ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Medhatithi
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other medieval Dharmaśāstra commentators ⓘ |
| contains |
regulations on inheritance
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regulations on marriage ⓘ regulations on property ⓘ regulations on slavery and servants ⓘ rules for forest-dwellers (vanaprastha) ⓘ rules for householders (grihastha) ⓘ rules for renouncers (sannyasa) ⓘ rules for students (brahmacharya) ⓘ rules on crimes and punishments ⓘ rules on funerary rites ⓘ rules on mixed castes ⓘ rules on ritual purity ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ashrama duties
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dharma ⓘ expiations for sins ⓘ food rules ⓘ gifts and charity ⓘ impurity and purification ⓘ inheritance rules ⓘ judicial procedure ⓘ king’s duties ⓘ legal norms ⓘ ordeals ⓘ penances ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ social duties ⓘ varna duties ⓘ witness testimony ⓘ |
| genre | Dharmaśāstra literature ⓘ |
| hasCommentary | medieval Sanskrit commentaries ⓘ |
| influenced | later Dharmaśāstra texts ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| partOf | Kalpa literature ⓘ |
| period | ancient India ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Hinduism ⓘ |
| script | Devanagari (in modern editions) ⓘ |
| structure | aphoristic sutra style ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Hindu law studies
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Indology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
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