[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.c90.58 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.58 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.58 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c90.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.58) | Order | Name of Purāna | Number of verses acc. to Matsya, Vāyu 104 and some others | Number of verses acc. to some other Purānas and remarks | | 1 | Brahma | 10000 (acc to Nārada 92.31 and Bhāgavata XII 13.4) | 25000 acc to Agni 272. 1 | | 2 | Padma | 55,000 | | | 3 | Visnu | 23,000 | The number of verses is given from 6 to 24 thousand in various works. | | 4 | Vāyu | 24,000 | 14000 acc to Agni (272. 4-5). 24600 acc to Devībhāgavata I. 3. 7. | | 5 | Bhāgavata | 18,000 | | - [Previous: v7.c90.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.57) - [Next: v7.c90.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.59) - [Up: v7.c90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90) ## Cites (4) - [Devībhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.devibhagavata.1.3.7) — Sanskrit - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.272.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Bhāgavatapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.12.13.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.58) · Pramāṇa