[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.c6.s19.2 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s19.2 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c6.s19.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.s19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.2) The Rāmāyaṇa is pre-eminently a kāvya; yet on account of its noble ideals it was almost as popular as the Mahābhārata and is relied upon as a source of \*dharma\* in the \*nibandhas\* though much less frequently than the other great epic. The Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa (canto 100) and the Āraṇya-kāṇḍa (33) contain disquisitions on politics and state administration. The Smṛticandrikā (I. p. 57) quotes the well-known verse of the Rāmāyaṇa (Sundara 59. 31) about cessation of study on the first day of a month.³⁰¹ The Smṛticandrikā (I. p. 193 and III. p. 416) quotes two verses on \*tarpaṇa\* and \*śrāddha\* from the Rāmāyaṇa.³⁰² The Hāralatā (pp. 64 and 152) quotes verses from the Rāmāyaṇa. Aparārka on Yāj. III. 8-10 quotes four verses from the Rāmāyaṇa on sorrow for the dead. - [Previous: v1.c6.s19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.1) - [Next: v1.c6.s19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.3) - [Up: v1.c6.s19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v1.c6.s19.2) · Pramāṇa