[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.s2.2 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c53.s2.2 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c53.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c53.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.s2.2) ²⁶⁷⁸ Vide Tilak's 'Arctic Home in the Vedas' (1903) pp. 200-202 where he quotes a passage from the Ait. Br. (IV. 3) to the effect that "cows" means 'Ādityas' (months, or days and nights). Vide pp. 193-212 for the significance of Gavām-ayana and its purpose. - [Previous: v3.c53.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.s2.1) - [Next: v3.c53.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.s2.3) - [Up: v3.c53.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.4.3) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c53.s2.2) · Pramāṇa