[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.c19.113 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.113 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.113 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.113) ¹²² मनु. X. 5, विष्णुधर्मसूत्र 16. 1; या. I. 90. The mīmāṁsaka position is stated by the तन्त्रवार्तिक (on जै. I. 2. 1) ‘न त्वाचारनिमित्तवर्णविभागे प्रमाणं किंचित्। ...... न तपआदीनां समुदायो ब्राह्मण्यं न तज्जनितः संस्कारः न तदभिव्यंग्या जातिः, किं तर्हि मातापितृजातिज्ञानाभिव्यंग्या प्रत्यक्षसमधिगम्या।’; the सूतसंहिता (शिवमाहात्म्यखण्ड 12. 51-52) says सर्वेषां जन्मना जातिर्नान्यथा कर्मकोटिभिः पश्चादीनां यथा जातिर्जन्मनैव न चान्यथा। सापि स्थूलस्य देहस्य भौतिकस्य न चात्मनः॥; जन्मनैव महाभागो ब्राह्मणो नाम जायते। शातातप quoted in आह्निकप्र. p. 452. - [Previous: v2.c19.112](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.112) - [Next: v2.c19.114.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.114.1) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (4) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.16.1) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.10.5) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.90) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Sūtasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.sutasamhita) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.113](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.113) · Pramāṇa