[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.c91.55 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.55 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.55 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c91.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.55) ¹⁴⁸³ The great अर्थवादाधिकरण is जै I. 2. 1-18. There are Vedic passages like 'सोऽरोदीद्यदरोदीत्तद्रुद्रस्य रुद्रत्वम्' (तै सं I. 5 1 1), 'स आत्मनो वपामुदक्खिदत्' (तै. सं. II, 1 1), 'देवा वै देवयजनमध्यवसाय दिशो न प्राजानन्' (तै. सं. \*(Continued from last page)\* VI 1 5 1), 'तरति ब्रह्महत्यां योऽश्वमेधेन यजते' (तै सं V. 3 12 2), 'न पृथिव्या-मग्निश्चेतव्यो नान्तरिक्षे न दिवि । तै सं V. 2 7. The question is are these passages to be taken literally or do they convey any meaning? The reply is. 'विधिना त्वेकवाक्यत्वात् स्तुत्यर्थेन विधीना स्यु ' (जै I 2 7) i. e. they are laudatory and are meant to praise vidhis. - [Previous: v7.c91.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.54) - [Next: v7.c91.56.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.56.1) - [Up: v7.c91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.1.2.7) — Jaimini, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.1.5.1.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c91.55) · Pramāṇa