History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.681

v4.c63.t2.681

The Pār. gṛ. S. I. 8 states¹⁷²⁰ that the usages of villages may be followed, since a text says 'one should enter a village (i. e. follow the opinion of village elders) in case of marriage and funeral rites' and since the Veda says that 'the village is the authority in these two.'