[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.c20.31 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.31 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.31 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.31) ²⁴⁰ Vide Par. M. I. 1. p. 199 for quotations from Saṁvarta, the Skandapurāṇa, the Viṣṇu-dharmottara condemning the receipt of gifts from irreligious kings. In Anuśāsana 93. 94 the sages say to king Vṛṣadarbhi ‘राजन् प्रतिग्रहो राज्ञां मध्वास्वादो विषोपमः। तज्जानमानः कस्मात्त्वं कुरुषे नः प्रलोभनम् ॥’. यस्य राज्ञस्तु विषये श्रोत्रियः सीदति क्षुधा । तस्यापि तत्क्षुधा राष्ट्रमचिरेणैव सीदति ॥ मनु VII. 134. - [Previous: v2.c20.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.30) - [Next: v2.c20.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.32) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) ## Cites (5) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.13.93.94) — Sanskrit - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.134) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.visnudharmottara) — Sanskrit - [Saṃvartasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.samvarta) — Saṃvarta, Sanskrit - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.31) · Pramāṇa