[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.c93.372 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.372 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c93.372 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c93.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.372) ²⁰⁵⁹ वेदार्थोपनिबन्धृत्वात् प्रामाण्यं तु मनुस्मृतौ। मन्वर्थविपरीता या स्मृतिः सा न शस्यते॥ बृहदस्पति q by अपरार्क p 628 on या II. 21 and by कुल्लूक on मनु I 1 मनुस्मृति II 7 (quoted above in note 2045) claims that whatever it says on dharma has all been declared in the Veda The मनुस्मृति frequently echoes the very words of the Veda, e g. Manu I 31 and Ṛg X 90 12, Manu II. 2 and वाज. सं. 40. 2, Manu IX 8 (about Jāyā) and Ait. Br 33. 1 (7th gāthā), Manu IX. 32 and Ait Br. 33. 3 (4th gāthā). - [Previous: v7.c93.371.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.371.3) - [Next: v7.c93.373](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.373) - [Up: v7.c93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93) ## Cites (4) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu.1.31) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Śuklayajurvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi.40.2) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg.10.90.12) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c93.372) · Pramāṇa