[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v1.c5.30 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.30 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.30 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.30) Vaikhānasa is one of the six sūtra caraṇas of the black Yajurveda mentioned by Mahādeva in his Vaijayantī on Satyāṣāḍha śrautasūtra - Vaikhānasa occurs in Gautama, Baudhāyana, Vasiṣṭha (9. 10) and Manu (6. 21) - Vaikhānasadharmapraśna divided into three praśnas - contents of the work - its age later than Gautama and Baudhāyana - names more mixed castes than even some of the verse smṛtis - devotion to Nārāyaṇa looms very large in the work - Dr. Caland's view that Manusmṛti borrows from Vaikhānasagṛhya not correct. - [Previous: v1.c5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.29) - [Next: v1.c5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.31) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) ## Cites (8) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.21) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.9.10) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.hiranyakesin.hiranyakesi) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.vaikhanasa) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vaikhanasa) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.30) · Pramāṇa