[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.c53.2 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c53.2 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c53.2 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.2) ²⁶⁶⁰ The word Sautrāmaṇī is derived from sutrāman (a good protector), an epithet of Indra (vide Ṛg. X. 131. 6-7). Śat. Br. V. 5. 4. 12 derives it as 'one who was well saved (by the Aśvins)'. - [Previous: v3.c52.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c52.51) - [Next: v3.c53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.3) - [Up: v3.c53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53) ## Linked texts (2) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.131.6) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.5.5.4.12) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.2) · Pramāṇa