[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.c40.2 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.2 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.2 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.2) \*Bhojana\* (\*taking one's meals\*):—Dakṣa (II. 56 and 68) states that in the fifth¹⁸⁰⁹ part of the day the householder should make according to his capacity the gods, pitṛs, men and even lower animals (lit. insects) participators (in food) and after doing that, he should himself partake of the remainder of the food cooked. Thus he was to take his meals during one hour and a half after noon. Bhojana is one of the most important subjects treated of in Dharmaśāstra works and the greatest importance (next to rules about marriage) attaches to the numerous injunctions and taboos about food. The principal subjects to be dealt with under this head are: how many times food was to be taken; the kinds of foods and drinks allowed or forbidden; what causes food defilement; flesh-eating and drinking wine; whose food was to be eaten; etiquette and ceremonies before taking food, at the time of taking it and after taking it. - [Previous: v3.c39.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c39.32) - [Next: v3.c40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.3) - [Up: v3.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40) ## Linked texts (1) - [Dakṣasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.daksa.2.56) — Dakṣa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.2) · Pramāṇa