History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.290

v7.c93.290

The Mīmāṁsāparibhāṣā of Kṛṣṇayajvan classifies Arthavādas into four kinds, viz. nindā (censure), stuti (praise),' parakṛti (performance by another great person) and purākalpa (what happened in bygone ages).²⁰¹⁶ Devala states that sages have laid down expiation for the first wrong, for committing a second double of that, for committing a third time thrice as much but there is no expiation for committing it a fourth time. The Prāyaścitta-prakaraṇa of Bhavadeva says that this is not to be taken literally, but it is only nindārthavāda. The P. M. S. itself (VI. 7. 26 and 30) states that parakṛti and purākalpa are arthavādas.