History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.802.3

v4.c63.t2.802.3

Vijñāneśvara¹⁷⁹⁶ quotes a single verse which condemns the practice of niyoga, the giving of a special share to the eldest son and the killing of a cow in a sacrifice as not allowable in the Kali age. That verse is said by the Sm. C. II. p. 266 to have occurred in the Saṅgraha (i. e. the work called Smṛtisaṅgraha); The Sm. C. quotes a verse of Kratu which forbids four acts in Kali, viz. niyoga, remarriage of a married girl, killing a cow in sacrifices and the taking of a jar.¹⁷⁹⁷ The Nāradīya-mahāpurāṇa contains four verses about Kalivarjya stating that certain practices which were once allowed are forbidden in the Kali age, viz. sea voyage, the carrying of a jar of water, marrying a girl of a class lower than one's own, *niyoga*, killing of an animal in Madhuparka; offering of flesh in śrāddhas, the stage of a forest hermit, remarriage of a married girl when the marriage was not consummated, perpetual student-hood, human sacrifice, horse sacrifice, starting on the great journey, the sacrifice of a cow¹⁷⁹⁸. Aparārka (pp. 15, 63) quotes one verse and a half from the Brahmapurāṇa about certain Kalivarjyas viz. perpetual student-hood, the carrying of a *kamaṇḍalu*, marriage with a sagotra or sapiṇḍa girl, the killing of a cow, human sacrifice, horse sacrifice, drinking intoxicating liquors¹⁷⁹⁹. This could not be traced to the Brahmapurāṇa, but the Prāyaścitta-tattva (p.