[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.c20.100 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.100 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.100 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.100) ²⁹⁰ These verses about the eight kinds of ब्राह्मणs are quoted in the दानरत्नाकर also (MS.). The वैखानसगृह्य I. 1 also gives brief definitions of these eight kinds of ब्राह्मणs 'संस्कृतायां ब्राह्मण्यां ब्राह्मणाज्जातमात्रः पुत्रमात्रः (पुत्रः मात्रः?)। उपनीतः सावित्र्यध्ययनाद् ब्राह्मणः। वेदमधीत्य शारीरैश्च पाणिग्रहणात्संस्कृतः पाकयज्ञैरपि यजन् श्रोत्रियः। स्वाध्यायपर आहिताग्निईविर्यज्ञैरप्यनूचानः। सोमयज्ञैरपि भ्रूणः। संस्कारैरेतैरुपतो नियमयमाभ्यामृषिकल्पः। साङ्गचतुर्वेदतपोयोगादृषिः। नारायणपरायणो निर्द्वन्द्वो मुनिरिति। संस्कारविशेषात्पूर्वात्पूर्वात्परो वरीयानिति विज्ञायते।' - [Previous: v2.c20.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.99) - [Next: v2.c20.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.101) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) ## Cites (1) - [Vaikhānasasmārtasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.vaikhanasa.1.1) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.100) · Pramāṇa