[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.c45.23 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.23 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.23 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c45.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.23) (8) He should live a life of complete continence, should be self-restrained, friendly (to all), collected in mind, ever liberal but never a recipient and be compassionate towards all beings (Manu VI. 8, Yāj. III. 45 and 48). In view of Yāj. III. 45, Vas. IX. 5 and Manu VI. 26, Kullūka seems²¹²⁴ to be wrong in holding that if a forest hermit takes his wife with him he may cohabit with her at the prescribed times. - [Previous: v3.c45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.22) - [Next: v3.c45.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.24) - [Up: v3.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.26) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.9.5) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.23) · Pramāṇa