History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.245

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The Vāmana-purāṇa mentions Kāmaśāstras in 91. 73 and Mangalavāra (Tuesday) in 41. 24. It has been stated above p. 899 that it expressly mentions Matsya as the best among Purāṇas. The story of king Daṇḍa (in 63. 19 ff.) who perished along with the kingdom because he tried to violate Śukra's daughter appears to be an echo from Kauṭilya's Arthaśāstra (I. 6 p 11 'Dāṇḍakyonāma Bhojaḥ kāmāt brāhmaṇakanyām abhimanyamānaḥ sabandhurāṣṭro vinanāśa.'). It states that the king is called *rājan* because he keeps the subjects contented, just as Kālidāsa says.¹⁴³⁷ It says that Umā was so called because¹⁴³⁸ she was forbidden to practise 'tapas' in the words 'u mā' and that Śiva assumed the form of a Vedic student carrying a staff of Āṣāḍha (Palāśa) and wearing a girdle of Muñja grass. This also appears like an echo of Kumārasambhava V.