[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.c23.18 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.18 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.18 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.18) The principal matters that fall to be discussed under saṁskāras are: the purpose of saṁskāras, the classification of saṁskāras, the number of saṁskāras, the procedure of each of the saṁskāras and the persons authorized to perform them and the persons for whom they are to be performed. - [Previous: v2.c23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.17) - [Next: v2.c23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.19) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.18) · Pramāṇa