[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.c45.30 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.30 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c45.30 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.30) (13) He should practise severe austerities by standing in the midst of five fires (4 fires in the four directions and the blazing sun overhead), by standing in the open in the rains, by wearing wet garments in winter (Manu VI. 23-34, Yāj. III. 52, Viṣṇu Dh. S. 95. 2-4) and thus habituate his body to privations and mortifications. - [Previous: v3.c45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.29) - [Next: v3.c45.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.31) - [Up: v3.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45) ## Cites (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.23) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.3.52) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c45.30) · Pramāṇa