History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.12

v7.c90.12

This conclusion is strongly corroborated by other facts The Gautama-dharmasūtra provides that a learned (*bahuśruta*) brāhmaṇa is one who knows peoples' usages, the Veda, the aṅgas (auxiliary lores), Vākovākya (dialogues), Itihāsa and Purāṇa and that the king in administering the affairs of his kingdom and justice has to depend upon the Veda, Dharmaśāstra, the (six) aṅgas of the Veda, the (four) Upavedas and Purāṇa.¹³³⁰