[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.c52.17 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.17 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.17 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c52.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c52.17) It will have been noticed that this sacrifice has several picturesque elements in it. In the race and the drinking bout of seventeen cups there is a popular element. In the climbing to the top of the yūpa by the sacrificer and in the boiled wild rice for Bṛhaspati there is a symbolism of holiness and eminence. - [Previous: v3.c52.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c52.16) - [Next: v3.c52.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c52.18) - [Up: v3.c52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c52) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c52.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c52.17) · Pramāṇa