[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.c51.78 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.78 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.78 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c51.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.78) ²⁵⁸⁶ The purpose of this creeping is that the sacrifice is like a deer 'मृगो ह्येष हि यज्ञः' Āp. XII. 17. 4. Vide Sat. Br. I. 1. 4. 2 referred to in note 2308 above for the story of yajña having assumed the form of a black antelope. - [Previous: v3.c51.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.77) - [Next: v3.c51.79](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.79) - [Up: v3.c51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51) ## Cites (2) - [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba-school.apastamba.12.17.4) — Āpastamba, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.1.1.4.2) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.78](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c51.78) · Pramāṇa