[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.c18.8 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c18.8 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c18.8 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.8) ⁴ इह पञ्चप्रकारो धर्म इति विवरणकाराः प्रपञ्चयन्ति। मेधा० on मनु II. 25; अत्र च धर्मशब्दः पञ्चविधस्मार्तधर्मविषयः। तद्यथा-वर्णधर्म आश्रमधर्मो वर्णाश्रमधर्मो गुणधर्मो निमित्तधर्मः साधारणधर्मश्चेति। मिताक्षरा on या. I. 1. - [Previous: v2.c18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.7) - [Next: v2.c18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.9) - [Up: v2.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.2.25) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.1) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c18.8) · Pramāṇa