[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.c19.332 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.332 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.332 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.332) \*Raṅgāvatārin\* (or \*-tāraka\*). According to Manu IV. 215 he is distinct from \*śailūṣa\* and \*gāyana\*. Śaṅkha (quoted by Aparārka p. 1175), Śaṅkha (17. 36) and Viṣṇu Dh. S. 51. 14 mention him. According to Brahmapurāṇa (quoted by Aparārka p. 1178) he is a naṭa who goes on the stage for livelihood and who introduces various changes in his appearance and dress. Raṅgāvatārin is mentioned in the Maitrī Up. along with naṭa and bhaṭa.²⁰² - [Previous: v2.c19.331](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.331) - [Next: v2.c19.333](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.333) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (5) - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.51.14) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.4.215) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Śaṅkhasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.sankhalikhita.sankha.17.36) — Sanskrit - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.maitri) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.332](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.332) · Pramāṇa