[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) › 2.2 # Vaishnava Dharmashastra 2.2 Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra 2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.2.2) teṣām ādyā dvijātayas trayaḥ || > The first three of these are (called) twice-born. > — Julius Jolly 1880, The Institutes of Vishnu - [Previous: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.2.1) - [Next: 2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.2.3) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Institutes of Vishnu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu~en-jolly.2.2) — Julius Jolly 1880, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Keśavavaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita) — Nandapaṇḍita, Sanskrit - [Vaijayantī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu!nandapandita-alias-vinayakapandita) — Nandapaṇḍita alias Vināyakapaṇḍita, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (2) - [The State in Ancient India: A Study in the Structure and Practical Working of Political Institutions in North India in Ancient Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1928.c14.44) — Prasad 1928, English - [Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c9.s1.12) — Prasad 1927, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.2.2) · Pramāṇa