[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) › v2.c18.35 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c18.35 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c18.35 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.35) ²⁹ अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं दानं क्षान्तिर्दमः शमः। अकार्पण्यं च शौचं च तपश्च रजनीचर। वृशाङ्गो राक्षसश्रेष्ठ धर्मोऽसौ सार्ववर्णिकः॥ वामनपुराण 14. 1-2; ब्रह्मपुराण 114. 16-18 prescribes the following as common to all varṇas and āśramas. 'दया समस्तभूतेषु तितिक्षा नाभिमानिता। सत्यं शौचमनायासो मङ्गलं प्रियवादिता। मैत्री चैवास्पृहा तद्वदकार्पण्यं द्विजोत्तमाः। अनसूया च सामान्या वर्णानां कथिता गुणाः॥ आश्रमाणां च सर्वेषामेते सामान्यलक्षणाः'। - [Previous: v2.c18.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.34) - [Next: v2.c18.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.36) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18) ## Cites (2) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.114.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāmanapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vamana.14.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.35) · Pramāṇa