[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.c26.357 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.357 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c26.357 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.357) ¹²⁰⁵ Baud. Dh. I. 11. 5 दक्षिणासु नीयमानास्वन्तर्वेदि ऋत्विजे स दैवः । According to him the girl becomes part of the \*dakṣiṇā\* (fee) for officiating. But in the Vedas and Srauta sūtras a bride is nowhere spoken of as dakṣiṇā. Medhātithi on Manu III. 28 is against the idea of the bride being part of the sacrificial fee. Viśvarūpa also says so; but Aparārka p. 89 holds that the girl is given as fee. - [Previous: v2.c26.356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.356) - [Next: v2.c26.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.358) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.3.28) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.1.11) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c26.357) · Pramāṇa