[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.c48.181 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.181 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.181 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c48.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.181) ²³⁹² It is interesting to see that according to Kāt. III. 5. 2-3 the mantra 'this is thy samidh' (Vāj. S. II. 14) is recited by the hotṛ and if he be ignorant then by the yajamāna. This shows that even then priests ignorant of the work expected of them or at least ignorant of the formulas they had to recite for a yajamāna had sometimes to be engaged. The Śat. Br. I. 8. 2. 4 also refers to this स यदि मन्येत न होता वेदेत्यपि स्वयमेव यजमानोऽनुमन्त्रयेत. - [Previous: v3.c48.180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.180) - [Next: v3.c48.182](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.182) - [Up: v3.c48](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48) ## Cites (3) - [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana-school.katyayana.3.5.2) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Śuklayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.2.14) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.8.2.4) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.181](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c48.181) · Pramāṇa