[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.c95.142 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.142 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.142 - **Language:** English ### [v7.c95.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.142) ²⁴⁸⁷ The words for the three or seven Vyāhṛtis were supposed to denote \*lokas\*. Vide Tai. Br. II. 2 4.3 'एता वै व्याहृतय इमे लोका' and Tai. Up. I. 5 भूरिति वा अयं लोक' । भुव इत्यन्तरिक्षम् । सुवरित्यसौ लोकः । मह इत्यादित्य. । आदित्येन वाव सर्वे लोका महीयन्ते ।, The कूर्मपुराण (I. 44. 1-4) mentions the lokas from महः to सत्य. - [Previous: v7.c95.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.141) - [Next: v7.c95.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.143) - [Up: v7.c95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95) ## Cites (3) - [Kūrmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.kurma.1.44.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.2.2.4.3) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.taittiriya.1.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c95.142) · Pramāṇa