[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.c90.142 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.142 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.142 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c90.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.142) ¹³⁹⁹ सूत उवाच । ... 'स्वधर्म एष सूतस्य सद्भिर्दृष्टः पुरातनै । देवतानामृषीणां च राज्ञां चामिततेजसाम् ॥ वंशानां धारणं कार्यं श्रुतानां च महात्मनाम् । इतिहासपुराणेषु दिष्टा ये ब्रह्मवादिभि ॥ न हि वेदेष्वधिकार कश्चित्सूतस्य दृश्यते । वैन्यस्य हि पृथोर्यज्ञे वर्तमाने महात्मन. । सुत्यायामभवत्सूत. प्रथमं वर्णवैकृत.। वायु 1 31-34, पद्म V 1 27, vide ब्रह्माण्ड II 36. 158-173 for the birth of सूत and gift of अनूपदेश to सूत and of मगध to मागध by पृथुवैन्य प्रतिलोमास्तु धर्महीनाः। गौतमधर्मसूत्र (IV. 20), त एते प्रतिलोमाः स्वधर्मातिक्रमाद्राज्ञः सम्भवन्ति। .. शूद्रसधर्माणो वा अन्यत्र चण्डालेभ्य. । अर्थशास्त्र III. 7 p. 165, प्रतिलोमास्त्वार्यविगर्हिताः। विष्णुधर्मसूत्र 16. 3. - [Previous: v7.c90.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.141) - [Next: v7.c90.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.143) - [Up: v7.c90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90) ## Cites (6) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.5.1.27) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.36.158) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.1.31) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya.3.7) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.16.3) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.4.20) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.142) · Pramāṇa