[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.c35.7 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c35.7 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c35.7 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c35.7) ¹⁰⁶⁶ अथातः पञ्च यज्ञाः । देवयज्ञो भूतयज्ञः पितृयज्ञो ब्रह्मयज्ञो मनुष्ययज्ञ इति । आश्व. गृ. III. 1. 1-2; पञ्चयज्ञानां हि तैत्तिरीयारण्यकं मूलं पञ्च वा एते महायज्ञा इत्यादि । नारायण on आश्व. गृ. III. 1. 3. The परा. मा. I. part 1 p. 11 also notes that the five yajñas are prescribed in the Tai. Ār. and draws therefrom the sweeping generalization that all smṛti rules were known to śruti. - [Previous: v2.c35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c35.6) - [Next: v2.c35.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c35.8) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c35) ## Linked texts (2) - [Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.asvalayana) — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c35.7) · Pramāṇa