[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.c90.63 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.63 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c90.63 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c90.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.63) ¹³⁵⁶ The विष्णु says for example: 'आद्यं सर्वपुराणानां पुराणं ब्राह्ममुच्यते। अष्टादश पुराणानि पुराणज्ञाः प्रचक्षते॥ विष्णु III. 6 18; तेपि श्रुत्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठाः पुराणं वेदसंमितम्। आद्यं ब्राह्माभिधानं च सर्वकामफलप्रदम्॥ ब्रह्म 245. 4. - [Previous: v7.c90.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.62) - [Next: v7.c90.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.64) - [Up: v7.c90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90) ## Cites (2) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.245.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.3.6.18) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.63) · Pramāṇa