[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.c19.56 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.56 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c19.56 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.56) ⁹² Varuṇa is frequently called धृतव्रत (e. g. ॠ. I. 25. 8 and 10 and once even the yajamāna is so called (ऋ. I. 25. 6); the शतपथ V. 4. 4. 5 explains ॠ. I. 25. 10 as 'निषसाद धृतव्रत इति। धृतव्रतो वै राजा ... ... एष च श्रोत्रियश्च तौ ह वै द्वौ मनुष्येषु धृतव्रतौ।' In गौतम VIII. 1 practically the same words occur 'द्वौ लोके धृतव्रतौ राजा ब्राह्मणश्च बहुश्रुतः'. Manu IX. 322 and Nārada (prakīrṇaka 42) express the same idea. - [Previous: v2.c19.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.55) - [Next: v2.c19.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.57) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (5) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.9.322) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.8.1) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.1.25.8) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.4.4.5) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c19.56) · Pramāṇa