[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) › v3.c40.104 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.104 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.104 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c40.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.104) Food cooked only for oneself and not for offering to gods or guests should not be eaten (Gaut. 17. 19, Manu IV. 213). This is called \*saṁskāra-duṣṭa\* (forbidden on account of the absence of purificatory rites) by the Smṛtyarthasāra p. 68. The largest number of injunctions are concerned with \*parigrahaduṣṭa\* (food which may be good in itself but is forbidden because of its coming from the hands of or being owned by certain persons). The following is a fairly comprehensive list of such persons compiled from Āp. Dh. S. I. 6. 18. 16-33 and I. 6. 19. 1, Gaut. 15. 18 and 17. 17-18, Vas. Dh. S. 14. 2-11, Manu IV. 205-220, Yāj. - [Previous: v3.c40.103](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.103) - [Next: v3.c40.105](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.105) - [Up: v3.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40) ## Cites (6) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Āpastambadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Smṛtyarthasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.smrtisamgraha.smrtyarthasara) — Śrīdhara (Smṛtyarthasāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.104](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.104) · Pramāṇa