[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) › v4.c63.30 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.30 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.30 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.30) \*Catuṣpād\*—having four feet, viz. dharma,³³⁶ vyavahāra, caritra, rājaśāsana, acc. to Nār. (I. 10); while acc. to Yāj. II. 8 and Bṛ. they are the plaint, the reply, the proof (\*kriyā\*) and decision (\*nirṇaya\*) or acc. to Kāt. 31 (q. by Aparārka p. 616) plaint, reply, \*pratyākalita\*³³⁷ and \*kriyā\*. - [Previous: v4.c63.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.29) - [Next: v4.c63.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.31) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) ## Cites (4) - [Yājñavalkyasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.yajnavalkya.2.8) — Yājñavalkya, Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.katyayana.31) — Kātyāyana (smṛtikāra), Sanskrit - [Bṛhaspatismṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.uddhrta.brhaspati) — Bṛhaspati, Sanskrit - [Nāradasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.narada) — Nārada, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.30) · Pramāṇa