Traditional Atmatusti is a source of dharma in Hinduism, usually translated into English as being "what is pleasing to oneself.
"[1] The four sources of dharma are: śruti (Vedas); smṛti, "that which is remembered, tradition: Dharmaśāstra, Puranas, Epics; ācāra, good custom; and ātmatuṣṭi.
For example, Derrett's translation from French to English of Lingat's ‘‘The Classical Law of India’’ has coined the term “inner contentment” in reference to atmatusti.
Only Manu and Yājñavalkya refer to atmatusti as the fourth source of dharma within the Hindu Law tradition.
This is understood through the lack of other smriti texts or dharmasastra commentaries in which Atmatusti is designated as a fourth source.
[6] Manu's use of the phrase "the four visible marks of law", however, is not explained in relation to atmatusti legitimately being a fourth source of dharma.
The lack of support within the dharmasastras as a whole shows that the Hindu community, for the most part, did not find Yajnavalkya's fifth source of dharma correctly listed or legitimate.
However, the legal aims of atmatusti are usually consistent with the Veda, seeing as the person's inner-self is partly built on by the individual's education.