[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.c46.26 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.26 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.26 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.26) (14) He should pare his nails, cut all his hair and beard (Manu VI. 52, Vas. Dh. S. X. 6); but Gaut. III. 21 appears to allow him an option viz. he may tonsure the whole head or keep only a top-knot. - [Previous: v3.c46.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.25) - [Next: v3.c46.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.27) - [Up: v3.c46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46) ## Cites (3) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.6.52) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.vasistha.10.6) — Vasiṣṭha, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.3.21) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.26) · Pramāṇa