[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.c29.29 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.29 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.29 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.29) ¹³⁸⁰ The \*grahaikatvanyāya\* is as follows: The text ग्रहं संमार्ष्टि does not mean that a single sacrificial vessel is to be cleansed, but rather that all are to be cleansed. The singular number (in \*graham\*) is an attribute of the subject about which cleansing is predicated and so it is no part of the injunction. Vide my notes to the Vyavahāra-mayūkha pp. 83-84, 121-122, where examples of the application of this maxim are given. The Pandits try to apply the rules in Jaimini III. 3. 34-46, but those rules are inapplicable, since in the passage of Veda-Vyāsa there is a verb in the potential mood, while in the vedic sentence interpreted in Jaimini III. 3. 34-46 there is no verb in the potential mood, - [Previous: v2.c29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.28) - [Next: v2.c29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.30) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29) ## Cites (1) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.3.3.34) — Jaimini, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.29) · Pramāṇa