[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.c81.3 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.3 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.3 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.3) \*Vrata\* is one of many Sanskrit words, the use and history of which extend over several thousand years. The derivation and semantic development of the word vrata have been the subject of great controversies. These questions have been dealt with by me at some length in the JBBRAS, vol. 29 (1954) pp. 1-28. I shall here summarise the discussion contained therein. - [Previous: v6.c81.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2) - [Next: v6.c81.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.4) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.3) · Pramāṇa