[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.c51.44 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.44 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.44 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c51.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.44) ²⁵⁶¹ According to the com. on Sat. VII. 4. p. 665 the word is derived from ‘sad’ (to shatter) with ‘upa’ and means ‘that by which the allied cities became shattered’; ‘उप उपगतानि संगतानि एतादृशानि पुराणि विशीर्णानि भवन्ति यया सोपसत् । उप उपगताः स्वेन सह सङ्गता अपि भ्रातृव्या विशीर्णा भवन्ति यजमानस्य यया सा । ... ... तेषामसुराणां तिस्रः पुर आसंस्तित्यत्रोपसद्विषयिण्याख्यायिका प्रसिद्धा ।’. Vide Kauṣ. Br. VIII. 8 for the legend. - [Previous: v3.c51.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.43) - [Next: v3.c51.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.45) - [Up: v3.c51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51) ## Cites (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.8.8) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.7.4) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.44) · Pramāṇa