[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.c25.18 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c25.18 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c25.18 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.18) ⁹⁹⁸ किं नु मलं किमजिनं किमु श्मश्रूणि किं तपः। पुत्रं ब्रह्माण इच्छध्वं स वै लोको वदावदः। ऐ. ब्रा. 33. 11. मलं probably refers to sexual intercourse. तपः may indicate the वानप्रस्थ (गौतम III. 25 वैखानसो वने मूलफलाशी तपःशीलः) or संन्यासिन् (Manu VI. 75 requires a संन्यासिन् to undergo severe tapas). - [Previous: v2.c25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.17) - [Next: v2.c25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.19) - [Up: v2.c25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25) ## Cites (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.75) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.3.25) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c25.18) · Pramāṇa