[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.c90.53 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.53 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.53 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c90.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.53) ¹³⁵⁰ The भागवत says 'मुनयोऽष्टादश प्राहुः क्षुल्लकानि महान्ति च।' XII. 7 220. The late ब्रह्मवैवर्त (IV 131 7-10) states that the five characteristics mentioned in note 1365 distinguish the Upapurāṇas, while the ten characteristics quoted in note 1366 distinguish the महापुराणs. विष्णु० III 6. 13 uses the word महापुराणानि - [Previous: v7.c90.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.52) - [Next: v7.c90.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.54) - [Up: v7.c90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90) ## Cites (3) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.6.13) — Sanskrit - [Brahmavaivartapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmavaivarta) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.53) · Pramāṇa