[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) › v6.c81.1355 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1355 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1355 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.1355](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1355) \*Jaya\*—term applied to Itihāsa, Purāṇas, Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa &c. Vide KR 30 (quoting Bhav.), TT 71, SmK 300. These are called Jaya because by following their teachings a man rises superior to \*saṁsāra\* (jayaty-anena saṁsāram, as TT says on p. 71). - [Previous: v6.c81.1354](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1354) - [Next: v6.c81.1356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1356) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) ## Cites (4) - [Bhaviṣyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhavisya) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) — Sanskrit - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1355](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.1355) · Pramāṇa