[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.c46.31 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.31 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c46.31 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.31) quotes verses to the effect 'he who wields the staff of the knowledge of Reality is called ekadaṇḍi, while he who merely holds a stick in his hand without knowledge and eats everything (or has all sorts of desires) reaches terrible hells'. - [Previous: v3.c46.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.30) - [Next: v3.c46.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.32) - [Up: v3.c46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c46.31) · Pramāṇa