[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.c82.14 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.14 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.14 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c82.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.14) ⁶⁵⁶ किं कारणं ब्रह्म कुतः स्म जाता जीवाम केन क्व च संप्रतिष्ठाः। काल स्वभावो नियतिर्यदृच्छा भूतानि योनिः पुरुष इति चिन्त्यम्। श्वे उप I 1-2, स्वभावमेके कवयो वदन्ति कालं तथान्ये परिमुह्यमानाः। श्वे उप VI 1 The बृहत्संहिता of वराह appears to refer to this last when it says (in I. 7) 'कालं कारणमेके स्वभावमपरे परे जगुः कर्म' - [Previous: v6.c82.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.13) - [Next: v6.c82.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.15) - [Up: v6.c82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82) ## Linked texts (2) - [Śvetāśvataropaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.svetasvatara.6.1) — Śvetāśvatara, Sanskrit - [Bṛhatsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.brhatsamhita) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.14) · Pramāṇa