[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.c40.4 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.4 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.4 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.4) Great importance was attached to purity of food from very ancient times. In the Chāndogya Up. (VII. 26. 2) occurs this passage 'when there is purity of food, then the mind becomes pure, when the mind is pure then follows firm remembrance (of the real Self), when the last is secured all knots (that bind the soul to the world) are loosened.'¹⁸¹⁰ - [Previous: v3.c40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.3) - [Next: v3.c40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.5) - [Up: v3.c40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40) ## Cites (1) - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.7.26.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c40.4) · Pramāṇa