[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.c31.23 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c31.23 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c31.23 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.23) ¹⁴⁴⁵ उत यत्पतयो दश स्त्रियाः पूर्वे अब्राह्मणाः । ब्रह्मा चेद्धस्तमग्रहीत्स एव पतिरेकधा ॥ ब्राह्मण एव पतिर्न राजन्यो न वैश्यः । तत्सूर्यः प्रब्रुवन्नेति पञ्चभ्यो मानवेभ्यः ॥ अथर्ववेद V. 17. 8-9. उत is explained by the निरुक्त (e. g. I. 19) generally as अपि, whenever it is at the beginning of a verse or pāda. - [Previous: v2.c31.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.22.5) - [Next: v2.c31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.24) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31) ## Cites (2) - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.1.19) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Atharvavedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.atharva.5.17.8) — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c31.23) · Pramāṇa