[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.c19.308 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.308 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.308 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.308](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.308) \*Bhiṣak.\* According to Uśanas (26) he is the offspring of a clandestine union between a brāhmaṇa and a kṣatriya girl and he maintains himself by studying the Āyurveda in its eight parts, or astronomy, astrology and mathematics (verse 27). According to Brahmapurāṇa (quoted by Aparārka p. 1171) he lives by surgery and by attending upon patients. - [Previous: v2.c19.307](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.307) - [Next: v2.c19.309](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.309) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (2) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Auśanasasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.usanas) — Uśanas (Śukra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.308](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.308) · Pramāṇa