[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.c5.52 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.52 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c5.52 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.52) An ancient teacher of arthaśāstra mentioned in Kauṭilīya - Mahābhārata (Śānti 59. 80-85) credits him with compression of vast work of Brahmā on \*trivarga\* and mentions several of his views - Kāmasūtra speaks of Bṛhaspati as writer on \*artha\* - peculiar views of Bṛhaspati according to Kauṭiliya - Bṛhaspati also wrote a prose work on vyavahāra and prāyaścitta - probably the authors of the two are different - 700 verses on vyavahāra ascribed to Bṛhaspati are quoted in the Mitākṣarā - this is an independent work composed between 300-500 A. D. - smaller compilations in verse ascribed to Bṛhaspati - Bārhaspatya Arthaśāstra edited by Dr. Thomas is a late work. - [Previous: v1.c5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.51) - [Next: v1.c5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.53) - [Up: v1.c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5) ## Cites (3) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.59.80) — Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.kama.kamasutra-school.vatsyayana) — Vātsyāyana Mallanāga, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c5.52) · Pramāṇa