[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.c20.159 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.159 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.159 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.159) ³³⁴ The word 'bhrūṇa' has several meanings. Baud. Gṛ. (I. 4. 8) says that bhrūṇa is one who knows the whole Vedic lore of his śākhā up to sūtra and \*pravacana\* (\*bhāṣya\*?); Vaik. (I. 1) says that bhrūṇa is a brāhmaṇa learned in the Veda who has performed soma sacrifices. Vide note 290 above. Gaut. 21. 9 uses the word in the sense of 'garbha (foetus),' while in Gaut. 17. 9 'bhrūṇahā' is equal to 'brahmahā'. Both Baud Dh. S. I. 5. 94 and Vas. Dh. S. II. 42 quote a verse where bhrūṇahā means brahmahā, while Vas. Dh. S. 20. 23 gives two meanings to it. - [Previous: v2.c20.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.158) - [Next: v2.c20.160](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.160) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) ## Cites (5) - [Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.krsnayajur.baudhayana.1.4.8) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaikhanasa-school.vaikhanasa.1.1) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.2.42) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.21.9) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.159) · Pramāṇa