[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Shorter, longer and elder recensions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha) › Vriddhagautama # Vriddhagautama (Vṛddhagautama) वृद्धगौतम In 22 chapters and about 1700 verses, where Yudhiṣṭhira asked Kṛṣṇa about dharmas of four castes. - **Language:** Sanskrit - **Date:** 0–1800 CE - **Author:** [Gautama](https://indike.org/pramana/person/gautama-5) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha.vrddhagautama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha.vrddhagautama) · Pramāṇa