History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.299

v7.c93.299

The Garuḍapurāṇa states 'Gāndhārī, who observed a fast on Ekādaśī mixed with daśamī, lost her hundred sons, therefore Ekādaśī mixed with daśamī should be given up'. Here the first part is only a nindānuvāda (i. e. it indirectly supports the positive rule 'tāṁ parivarjayet'), as the maxim is that '*nindā* in a text is not meant for the mere sake of condemnation but for prescribing the opposite of what is condemned.' Vide Kṛtyaratnākara p. 635 for this interpretation. The M. B. P. (pp. 50-58) gives another classification of arthavādas into 38 varieties. They are passed over here from considerations of space.