[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.c49.s5.2 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c49.s5.2 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c49.s5.2 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c49.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s5.2) ²⁴⁷⁸ The Kālikāpurāṇa quoted in the Vyavahāramayūkha (p. 114 text) prescribes that on adopting a son who is about five years old (or more) the adopter should perform the putreṣṭi. - [Previous: v3.c49.s5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s5.1) - [Next: v3.c49.s5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s5.3) - [Up: v3.c49.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s5) ## Cites (2) - [Kālikāpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.kalika) — Sanskrit - [Vyavahāramayūkha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.bhatta.vyavaharamayukha) — Nīlakaṇṭhabhaṭṭa 1610, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c49.s5.2) · Pramāṇa