History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s16.t3: 18. Kaṇva and Kāṇva
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s16.t3
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18. Kaṇva and Kāṇva
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From the Āp. Dh. S. it appears that Kaṇva and Kāṇva were two distinct writers on dharma. In I. 6. 19. 2 Āpastamba starts the question as to the persons, food at whose house was permitted. He states various views on that point and says that Kaṇva was of opinion that food may be taken at anybody's house provided the latter offered it with a request (I. 6. 19. 3) and that the opinion of Eka, Kuṇika, Kāṇva, Kutsa and Puṣkarasādi (I. 6. 19. 7) was that only that food that was offered by a pure and religious man should be partaken. In another place (I. 10. 28. 1) Āpastamba gives it as the opinion of Kautsa, Hārīta, Kaṇva and Puṣkarasādi that a man became a thief if in any case whatever he appropriates another's belongings. The Kumbhakonam edition of Pandit Halasyanatha reads Kāṇva for Kaṇva.
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Kaṇva is quoted a few times in the Smṛticandrikā on Āhnika (daily duties) and śrāddha. One of these quotations is in prose (I. p. 97).²⁰⁹ Haradatta in his commentary on Gautama cites verses of Kaṇva in several places (e. g. Gautama Dh. S. 21. 3, 23. 3 and 11).²¹⁰ The first verse bears a close resemblance to Manu XI. 180 and Baud. Dh. S. II. 1. 62. Kaṇva is quoted in the Ācārmayūkha and the Śrāddha-mayūkha.
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²⁰⁹ अध्वरे वेदेतिहासपुराणानीति ध्यायन् ब्राह्मेण तीर्थेनौष्ठयोः सलोमदेशमुन्मृजेत् ।
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²¹⁰ The verse is संवत्सरेण पतति पतितेन समाचरन् । यानाशनासनैर्नित्यमित्याहुर्ब्रह्मवादिनः ॥
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The Mit. (on Yāj. III. 58) quotes a verse of Kāṇva on the length of the stay of a *saṁnyāsin* in a village or town. On Yāj. III. 260 the Mit. quotes a verse of Kaṇva stating the prāyaścitta for a Brāhmaṇa having intercourse with the Kṣatriya wife of his teacher.
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In the Madras Govt. Oriental Library there is a ms. of Kaṇva (*vol*. V, p. 1929 No. 2624).
Linked texts (5)
- Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- Baudhāyanadharmasūtra — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit
- Āpastambadharmasūtra — Āpastamba, Sanskrit
- Yājñavalkyasmṛti — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit
- Gautamadharmasūtra — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit