[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.c20.38 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.38 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.38 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.38) Another rule about gifts was that a person should prefer a learned brāhmaṇa who is his neighbour for making a gift to one who is not near; if he did not do so, he incurred sin; but there was no blame in passing over an ignorant or foolish brāhmaṇa who stays near in favour of a worthy but distant brāhmaṇa.²⁴⁵ Vide Vas. Dh. S. III. 9–10, Manu VIII. 392 (which prescribes a fine of one \*māṣa\* for this), Veda-Vyāsa-smṛti IV. 35–38, Bṛhaspati-smṛti 60 and Laghu-Śātātapa 76–79, Gobhila-smṛti II. 66–69. Devala quoted by Aparārka p. 288 and Par. M. I. part 1 p. 181 say that that brāhmaṇa is a pātra (worthy to receive a gift) who is pure in three respects (viz. as to his parents and his guru), whose means of livelihood are slender, who is tender-hearted and of restrained senses. Vas. Dh. S. VI. 26 and Yāj. I. 200 also define pātra similarly. - [Previous: v2.c20.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.37) - [Next: v2.c20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.39) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) ## Cites (7) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.8.392) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.3.9) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.200) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa-works.vedavyasasmrti) — Sanskrit - [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala) — Devala, Sanskrit - [Karmapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.parisista.samaveda.karmapradipa) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.38) · Pramāṇa