[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.c20.41 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.41 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c20.41 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.41) Though \*pratigraha\* was a special privilege of brāhmaṇas, gifts could be made by anybody to anybody. Yāj. I. 6 says that giving to a worthy person at a proper time is the complete definition of dharma and Viśvarūpa adds that gifts could be made by anybody; but the merit secured by making a gift depended upon the worth and caste of the donee. Gaut. (V. 18),²⁴⁶ Manu VII. 85, Veda-Vyāsa IV. 42, Dakṣa III. - [Previous: v2.c20.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.40) - [Next: v2.c20.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.42) - [Up: v2.c20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20) ## Cites (5) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.7.85) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.1.6) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.5.18) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Dakṣasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.3) — Dakṣa, Sanskrit - [Vedavyāsasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.vyasa-works.vedavyasasmrti) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c20.41) · Pramāṇa