History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1518

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.1518

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v6.c81.1518

*Dhānyasaptaka*—Seven kinds of corn are, yava, wheat, dhānya (coriander), sesame, kaṅgu (Panic seed), śyāmāka and cīnaka (Panicum Miliacum); HV I. 48 (from Sat-triṁśanmata); KR 70 (notes that some read 'devadhānya' in place of 'cīnaka)' Gobhilasmṛti 3 107 names the seven somewhat differently; Viṣṇupurāṇa I 6 21-22, Vāyu 8 150-152 and Mārkaṇḍeya 46. 67-69 (Venk. ed.) name 17 dhānyas and VR p 17 names 18.

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Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Vāyupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Karmapradīpa — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit
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