[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.c82.50 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.50 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.50 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c82.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.50) Similarly, philosophical grammarians like Bhartṛhari⁶⁷⁷ (author of the Vākyapadīya) holds that Kāla is a substance (dravya), all-pervading and permanent apart from activities, that it is the efficient cause of all created things, that it is divided into years, seasons &c. on account of the different activities, just as the same man may be called a carpenter or a blacksmith &c. (on account of his different activities). For reasons of space it is not advisable to pursue the subject of the nature of time from other Sanskrit works of medieval and modern times. For those who desire to make a further study of this subject I would recommend the 'Kālasiddhānta-darśinī' composed and published by Shri Haranchandra Bhaṭṭācārya of Calcutta in 1941, which exhaustively deals with the philosophical conceptions about Kāla held by different sects, schools and Sanskrit writers. - [Previous: v6.c82.49](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.49) - [Next: v6.c82.51](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.51) - [Up: v6.c82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vākyapadīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.vyakarana.darsana.vakyapadiya) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.50) · Pramāṇa