[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.c92.59 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.59 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.59 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c92.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.59) ¹⁶⁹⁸ एकः परमात्मा। ईश्वराः सप्त। असंख्या जीवाः। ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवसूर्यगणेशशक्तिभैरवाश्चेश्वराः। पारानन्दे मते त्रयो मार्गाः। दक्षिणः। वामः। उत्तरः। तथैव गाथासुदाहरन्ति। दक्षिणादुत्तमं वामं वामादुत्तरमुत्तमम्। उत्तरादुत्तमं किंचिन्नैव ब्रह्माण्डमण्डले। वामाचारी द्विमकारो मध्यमौत्तमभेदेन। मद्यमैथुनमुद्राभिर्युक्तोऽसावुत्तमः स्मृत इति। मद्यमांसमत्स्यमुद्रामैथुनैर्युक्तो मध्यम.। पारानन्दसूत्र (G. O. S ) pp 1-3, 13, compare कुलार्णवतन्त्र II. 7-8 'वैष्णवादुत्तमं शैवं शैवाद् दक्षिणमुत्तमम्। दक्षिणादुत्तमं वामं वामात् सिद्धान्तमुत्तमम्। सिद्धान्तादुत्तमं कौल कौलात्परतरं नाहि ॥' वामाचार was possibly so called because woman (वामा) played an important part in it or it was secretly practised (which is a crooked way) - [Previous: v7.c92.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.58) - [Next: v7.c92.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.60) - [Up: v7.c92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92) ## Cites (2) - [Kulārṇavatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kularnava.2.7) — Sanskrit - [Pārānandasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulacara.acarabhava.paranandasutra) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c92.59) · Pramāṇa