History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.801

v4.c63.t2.801

Even though the Purāṇas are carried away by their over-zeal in condemning the moral and physical decline of the Kali age, almost all of them exhibit no verses about matters forbidden in the Kali age. We have to see when the topic of *Kalivarjya* attained prominence and what the matters are that were once practised by people without objection and that later on came to be prohibited or condemned.