[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.c74.32 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.32 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.32 - **Language:** English ### [v5.c74.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.32) ¹²⁶¹ अरण्यान्यरण्यान्यसौ या प्रेव नश्यसि। कथा ग्रामं न पृच्छसि न त्वां भीरिव विन्दती३ँ॥ ऋ. X 146 1. The निरुक्त 9.30 explains this verse and says अरण्यानी means अरण्यस्य पत्नी, while the वार्तिक 'हिमारण्योर्महत्त्वे' on पा IV. 1. 49 holds that अरण्यानी is formed from अरण्य in the sense of महत्त्व - [Previous: v5.c74.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.31) - [Next: v5.c74.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.33) - [Up: v5.c74](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74) ## Cites (3) - [Aṣṭādhyāyī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.astadhyayi-school.astadhyayi.4.1.49) — Pāṇini, Sanskrit - [Nirukta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.yaska.9.30) — Yāska, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.146.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v5.c74.32) · Pramāṇa