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Searchable Electronic Edition of the Bālakrīḍā of Viśvarūpa on the Yājñavalkya-dharmaśāstra, transcribed, edited, formatted, and color-coded by Patrick Olivelle, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

_Last updated- 19 June 2020 _

Patrick Olivelle (jpo@austin.utexas.edu)

University of Texas at Austin

Searchable Electronic Edition

**of the **

**Bālakrīḍā of Viśvarūpa, **

A commentary on the Yājñavalkyadharmaśāstra

Transcribed, Edited, Formatted, and Color-Coded by

Patrick Olivelle

Based on the edition-

Ganapati Sastri, T. The Yājñavalkyasmṛti with the Commentary Bālakrīda of Visvarūpāchārya. Two Parts. Trivandrum- Government Press, 1922–1924. Reprint. New Delhi- Munshiram Manoharlal, 1982.

Formatting and Editorial Notes

• YDh mūla (root-text)- BOLD
• Names of authors and texts- RED
• Citations from other texts- BLUE
• Pūrvapakṣa and Uttarapakṣa- underlined
• Introductory comments that precede the _mūla _verses are given in italics.

Abbreviations Used

ĀpDh Āpastamba Dharmasūtra

ĀpG Āpastamba Gṛhyasūtra

ĀpMP Āpastamba Mantrapāṭha

ĀpŚr Āpastamba Śrautasūtra

ĀśŚr Āśvalāyana Śrautasūtra

AitB Aitareya Brāhmaṇa

KātSm Kātyāyana Smṛti

KātŚr Kātyāyana Śrautasūtra

GDh Gautama Dharmasūtra

ChU Chāndogya Upaniṣad

DkSm Dakṣa Smṛti (ed. Piovano)

NSm Nārada Smṛti

BāU Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad

BDh Baudhāyana Dharmasūtra

PārG Pāraskara Gṛhyasūtra

PMS Pūrva Mīmāṃsāsūtra

PSm Parāśara Smṛti

MāṇUK Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad, Gauḍapāda Kārikā

MDh Mānava Dharmaśāstra

RV Ṛg Veda

RVKh Ṛg Veda Khila

TĀ Taittirīya Āraṇyaka

TB Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa

TS Taittrīya Saṃhitā

TV Kumārila, Tantravārttika

VaDh Vasiṣṭha Dharmasūtra

ViDh Viṣṇu Dharmasūtra

VS Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā

Śab Śabarabhāṣya on PMS

ŚB Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

ŚVār Kumārila, Ślokavārttika