[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.c23.181 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.181 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.181 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.181) ⁵²⁷ The idea of muttering 'vāk' thrice is that the father wishes that speech as manifested in the three Vedas may come to the boy in due course. Bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ and svaḥ represent the three Vedas or earth, air and heaven. - [Previous: v2.c23.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.180) - [Next: v2.c23.182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.182) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.181) · Pramāṇa