[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Indian Epigraphy](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965) › c13.5 # Indian Epigraphy c13.5 Indian Epigraphy c13.5 - **Language:** English ### [c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c13.5) The verses are sometimes quoted without any introduction³ and often without any reference to the source, merely introducing them by a passage like uktañ=ca, "It has also been said”.¹ But they are very often assigned to Vyāsa² and are sometimes attributed specifically to the Mahābhārata.³ Some of the stanzas quoted in the inscriptions are actually found in the Mahābhārata (especially in the Dānadharma section⁴ of the Anuśāsana-parvan) as well as in the Purāṇas. In some cases, they are stated to be the sayings of Manu,⁵ Brahman⁶ or Bṛhaspati⁷ and often of the sages.⁸ They are represented in a few cases as quotations from the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra⁹ or Vaiṣṇava-Dharmaśāstra,¹⁰ but often from the Dharmaśāstras and rarely from the Smṛtis and the Purāṇas.¹ - [Previous: c13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c13.4) - [Next: c13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c13.6) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c13) ## Cites (4) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.sircar-1965.c13.5) · Pramāṇa