[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) › [Vaishnava Dharmashastra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) › 1.3 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 1.3 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 1.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.1.3) vedapādo yūpadaṃṣṭraḥ kratudantaś citīmukhaḥ agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ // > His feet were the Vedas; his tusks the sacrificial stakes; in his teeth were the offerings; his mouth was the pyre; his tongue was the fire; his hair was the sacrificial grass; the sacred texts were his head; and he was (endowed with the miraculous power of) a great ascetic. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.1.3) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Linked texts (5) - [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.16.354.20) — Sanskrit - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.16.56) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa*crit.App.I.42.165) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.213.33) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.6.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.1.3) · Pramāṇa