History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.108
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c62.108
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v4.c62.108
⁶⁰ धर्माधर्मौ त्रय्याम् । अर्थानथौ वार्तायाम् । नयापनयौ दण्डनीत्याम् । ...... सामर्ग्यजुर्वेदास्त्रयी । अथर्ववेदेतिहासवेदौ च वेदाः । शिक्षा कल्पो व्याकरणं निरुक्तं छन्दो ज्योतिषमिति चाङ्गानि । अर्थशास्त्र I. 2 and 3. In the Raghuvamśa XVIII. 50 Kālidāsa speaks of only three princely vidyās and Mallinātha quotes the very words of कौटिल्य cited here and also Kām. II त्रयी वार्ता दण्डनीतिस्तिस्रो विद्या मनोर्मताः । त्रय्या एव विभागोयं येन साम्बीक्षिकी मता ॥. It should be noted that the Sāmaveda is here mentioned first. Probably Kauṭilya was a student of that Veda. In the Brāhmaṇas and Upaniṣads Ṛgveda comes first in the enumeration. Itihāsa and Purāṇa are called the fifth Veda in Chāndogya VII. 1. 2. Compare Agnipurāṇa 238, 9 for words similar to धर्माधर्मौ त्रय्याम् etc.
Linked texts (5)
- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Chāndogyopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Raghuvaṃśa — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit
- Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit
- Kāmandakīya Nītisāra — Kāmandaki, Sanskrit