[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.c19.276 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.276 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.276 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.276) \*Nartaka\*. According to Uśanas (19) he is the offspring of a rañjaka from a vaiśya woman and his profession is that of a singer. Bṛhaspati quoted in Par. M. (II. part I p. 380) separately mentions in the same verse naṭa and nartaka (both being abhojyānna to a brāhmaṇa). Atri VII. 2 also mentions the two separately. See note 189. - [Previous: v2.c19.275](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.275) - [Next: v2.c19.277](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.277) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Cites (3) - [Auśanasasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.usanas.19) — Uśanas (Śukra), Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Atrismṛti (Atrisaṃhitā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.atri-works.atri) — Atri, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.276](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.276) · Pramāṇa