[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.c82.201 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.201 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.201 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c82.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.201) Thus it appears that some nakṣatras were called \*puṇya\* (auspicious or holy) as in Tai. Br. I. 5. 2. 1 or III. 1. 2. 8, while some others (like Jyeṣṭhā, Mūla) were held to be pāpa (evil) nakṣatras. - [Previous: v6.c82.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.200) - [Next: v6.c82.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.202) - [Up: v6.c82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82) ## Cites (1) - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.1.5.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.201) · Pramāṇa