[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.c44.45 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.45 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c44.45 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c44.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.45) The Devapratiṣṭhātattva (p. 505) quotes the Hayaśīrṣapañ-carātra to the effect that generally a brāhmaṇa should officiate at the consecration of an image of Viṣṇu, but a kṣatriya can officiate for a vaiśya or a śūdra yajamāna and a vaiśya may do for a śūdra yajamāna, but a śūdra cannot officiate. - [Previous: v3.c44.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.44) - [Next: v3.c44.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.46) - [Up: v3.c44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c44.45) · Pramāṇa