[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) › v7.c86.1 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c86.1 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c86.1 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c86.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c86.1) | | Pages | | \*Section I. Vratas (religious vows) and Utsavas (religious festivals)\* | 1–462 | | Chapter I. Vrata in the Ṛgveda. | 1–21 | | Chapter II. Vrata in the Vedic Literature, Sūtras, Smṛtis, definition and importance of Vratas. | 22–50 | | Chapter III. Persons entitled to engage in Vratas, objects desired by means of Vratas, classifications of Vratas, Literature on Vratas, times for Vratas. | 51–80 | | Chapter IV. Individual vratas, Caitra Pratipad, Rāmanavamī, Akṣayya-tṛtīyā, Paraśurāmajayantī, Daśaharā, Sāvitrīvrata. | 81–94 | | Chapter V. Ekādaśī. | 95–121 | | Chapter VI. Cāturmāsya. | 122–123 | | Chapter VII. Vratas called Nāgapañcamī, Manasāpūjā, Rakṣābandhana, Kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī | 124–143 | | Chapter VIII. Vratas of Haritālikā, Gaṇeśacaturthī, Ṛṣipañcamī, Anantacaturdaśī. | 144–153 | | Chapter IX. Navarātra or Durgotsava. | 154–187 | | Chapter X. Vijayādaśamī and Divālī. | 188–210 | | Chapter XI. Makarasaṅkrānti and Mahāśivarātri. | 211–236 | - [Previous: v7.c85.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c85.155) - [Next: v7.c86.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c86.2) - [Up: v7.c86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c86) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c86.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c86.1) · Pramāṇa