[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.c63.415 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.415 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.415 - **Language:** English ### [v4.c63.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.415) ⁵⁹⁰ It is most appropriate that Śiva is to be worshipped in the poison ordeal, since, according to the Paurāṇic mythology, he swallowed the Hālāhala poison produced at the churning of the sea. 960 \*yavas\* make one \*pala\*. - [Previous: v4.c63.414](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.414) - [Next: v4.c63.416](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.416) - [Up: v4.c63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.415](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v4.c63.415) · Pramāṇa