[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.c81.85 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.85 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.85 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.85) A few passages from the Vedic Literature may be cited for the second meaning of vrata (food for sustenance &c) mentioned above. The T. S. (VI. 2 5. 1.) remarks⁴⁵ 'he (dīkṣita) observes the vrata taking the milk from one udder, then from two udders, then from three, then from four; this is called \*kṣurapavi\* (razor-edge) vrata; barley gruel is the vrata of a kṣatriya (when dīkṣita), āmikṣā (hot milk and curds mixed) of a vaiśya ' The Śatapatha Br. provides⁴⁶ that a dīkṣita (one who has undergone the consecration ceremony for a vedic sacrifice) should subsist on milk. In another place the Śatapatha says 'for him he heats \*vrata\*' (i e. the food or milk). The Ait Br. also provides⁴⁷ that the dīkṣita first takes (the milk) from four udders as vrata on the Upasad days, then from three &c Vide T Ā. II 8⁴⁸ 'milk is the vrata of a brāhmaṇa (sacrificer); yavāgū of a kṣatriya and āmikṣā of a vaiśya - [Previous: v6.c81.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.84) - [Next: v6.c81.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.86) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) ## Cites (4) - [Kṛṣṇayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.6.2.5.1) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.85) · Pramāṇa