[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.c23.89 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.89 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c23.89 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.89) ⁴⁸⁰ 'ब्रह्मपुराणम्। गर्भाधानादिसंस्कर्ता पिता श्रेष्ठतमः स्मृतः। अभावे स्वकुलीनः स्याद् बान्धवो वान्यगोत्रजः॥ ... ... आर्यावर्तसमुद्भूतः स्वशाखी (स्वशाखी?) श्रेष्ठ उच्यते।' संस्कारप्रकाश p. 165; तत्र वृद्धगर्गः। पिता पितामहो भ्राता ज्ञातयो गोत्रजाग्रजाः। उपायनेऽधिकारी स्यात्पूर्वाभावे परः परः॥ पितैवोपनयेत्पुत्रं तदभावे पितुः पिता। तदभावे पितुर्भाता तदभावे तु सोदरः। इति पितामहस्मरणात्। संस्कारप्रकाश p. 407. In the निर्णयसिन्धु (III पूर्वार्ध) the verse पिता पितामहो is ascribed to वृद्धमनु. - [Previous: v2.c23.88](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.88) - [Next: v2.c23.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.90) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23) ## Cites (3) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vṛddhamanu and Bṛhanmanu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha.vrddhamanu) — Sanskrit - [Nirṇayasindhu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.nirnayasindhu) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa 1612, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.89](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c23.89) · Pramāṇa