A List of the Texts of Dharmaśāstra Dealing with Lawsuit

A list of the texts of Dharmaśāstra, which deal with Vyavahāra or lawsuit, is prepared here. Some texts, which are not now available except through the quotations or mentions of other texts we come to know that the texts comprise the discussion on lawsuit, are also mentioned in this list. The unpublished or unavailable texts are separately commented, not the published texts. The authors of most ancient texts are mentioned on the basis of tradition. It is not possible to find out the real author of such most ancient texts, like Viṣṇudharmasūtra, Yājñavalkyasmṛti etc. It is also not possible to find out the accurate date of the ancient texts in many cases; we can suppose merely a time-period in between the text is supposed to be occurred. This whole list is prepared based on the great work of P.V. Kane, viz., The History of Dharmaśāstra.

Name of the Text	Name of the Writer	Date	Type of the Text	Comments
Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra	Vasiṣṭha	3rd - 2nd C. BCE	Sūtra	According to Kumārila, it belongs to Ṛgveda.
Viṣṇudharmasūtra	Viṣṇu	3rd - 2nd C. BCE	Sūtra	According to Vācaspati, it belongs to Kaṭha branch of Kṛṣṇayajurveda.
Devaladharmasūtra	Devala		Sūtra	Unavailable
Manusmṛti	Manu	2nd C. BCE – 1st C. CE	Smṛti	The most important smṛti
Yājñavalkyasmṛti	Yājñavalkya	2nd - 3rd C. CE	Smṛti	Most relevant in this context
Nāradasmṛti	Nārada	2nd - 3rd C. CE	Smṛti	Only the chapter, contains vyavahāra, is found.
Bṛhaspatismṛti	Bṛhaspati	3rd - 4th C. CE	Smṛti	Unavailable. Some scattered verses restored in other texts.
Katyāyanasmṛti	Kātyāyana	4th - 6th C. CE	Smṛti	Unavailable. Restored from some scattered verses, found in other texts.
Vyāsasmṛti	Vyāsa	2nd - 5th C. CE	Smṛti	Obtained partially
Pitāmahasmṛti	Pitāmaha	5th - 7th C. CE	Smṛti	Unavailable
Smṛtisaṅgraha	----	8th - 10th C. CE	Smṛti	Unavailable
Saṁvartasmṛti	Saṁvarta		Smṛti	Obtained partially
Hārītasmṛti	Hārīta	5th -7th C. CE	Smṛti	Not yet published
----	Asahāya	4th -8th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Nāradasmṛti, obtained partially
Bālakrīḍā	Viśvarūpa	First half of 9th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Yājñavalkyasmṛti
Manubhāṣya	Medhātithi	9th - 11th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Manusmṛti
Mitākṣarā	Vijñāneśvara	Last half of 11th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Yājñavalkyasmṛti
Vyavahāratilaka	Bhavadevabhaṭṭa	12th C. CE	Nibandha	Unavailable
Pārijāta	----	11th - 12th C. CE	Nibandha	Unavailable
Manuṭīkā	Govindarāja	11th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Manusmṛti
Smṛtimañjarī	’’	’’	Nibandha	Unavailable
Kalpataru	Lakṣmīdhara	First half of 11th C. CE	Nibandha	Obtained partially
Vyavahāramātṛkā	Jīmūtavāhana	12th – 14th C. CE	Nibandha	Supposed to be a chapter of a larger book, Dharmaratna by name
Pradīpa	----	First half of 12th C. CE	Nibandha	Unavailable
----	Harihara	12th – 13th C. CE	----	Unavailable
Smṛticandrikā	Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa	12th – 13th C. CE	Nibandha	----
Manvarthamuktāvalī	Kullūkabhaṭṭa	12th – 13th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Manusmṛti
Smṛtiratnākara	Caṇḍeśvara	14th C. CE	Nibandha	----
Smṛtisāra	Harinātha	Last half of 13th C. CE	Nibandha	Not yet published
Subodhinī	Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa	Last half of 14th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Mitākṣarā
Madanaratna	Viśvanātha	14th – 15th C. CE	Nibandha	Published partially
Dīpakalikā	Śūlapāṇi	14th – 15th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Yājñavalkyasmṛti
Vivādacandra	Misarūmiśra	15th C. CE	Nibandha	----
Vivādacintāmaṇi	Vācaspatimiśra	15th – 16th C. CE	Nibandha	----
Vyavahāracintāmaṇi	’’	’’	Nibandha	----
Vyavahārasāra	Dalapati or Dalādhīśa	First half of 16th C. CE	Nibandha	All the works of him are named Nṛsiṁhaprasāda
Smṛtitattva	Raghunandana	15th – 16th C. CE	Nibandha	----
Vyavahārasaukhya	Toḍarānanda	16th C. CE	Nibandha	----
Keśavavaijayantī	Nandapaṇḍita	15th – 16th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Viṣṇudharmasūtra
Pramitākṣarā	’’	’’	Commentary	Commentary on Mitākṣarā
Vivādatāṇḍava	Kamalākarabhaṭṭa	First half of 17th C. CE	Nibandha	----
Vyavahāramayūkha	Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa	First half of 17th C. CE	Nibandha	It is a chapter of a large book named Bhagavantabhāskara
Vyavahāratattva	’’	’’	Nibandha	The digest of Vyavahāramayūkha
Vīramitrodaya	Mitramiśra	First half of 17th C. CE	Nibandha	----
----	’’	’’	Commentary	Commentary on Yājñavalkyasmṛti. Unavailable.
Smṛtikaustabha	Anantadeva	17th C. CE	Nibandha	----
Bālambhaṭṭī	Bālambhaṭṭa	17th – 18th C. CE	Commentary	Commentary on Mitākṣarā
Vivādasārārṇava	Trivedī Sarvorū Śarmā	18th C. CE	Nibandha	It’s written under the inspiration of Sir William Jones
Vivādabhaṅgārṇava	Jagannātha Tarkapañcānana	’’	Nibandha	’’