[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) › v5.c72.70 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.70 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.70 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c72.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.70) ⁴⁶⁷ Sarasvatī is a sacred river and also imagined as a deity Ṛg VI. 61 and VII 95 are two hymns addressed to Sarasvatī. Probably waters of rivers were used at the time of cremation and they are all identified with and held as sacred as Sarasvatī. - [Previous: v5.c72.69](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.69) - [Next: v5.c72.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.71) - [Up: v5.c72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72) ## Cites (1) - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.6.61) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c72.70) · Pramāṇa