Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c10.61

c10.61

The Bṛhannâradîya Purâṇa, which is really an Upa-purâṇa wedded to the Vaiṣṇava faith, is one of the latest and most orthodox of Purâṇas. It prescribes peculiarities in the dresses of the different castes. It is at pains to reinforce earthly punishment by spiritual penances all regulated according to caste. It declares that Dharma varies according to aeons and that in the Kaliyuga, inter-caste marriage, sea-voyage, Vânaprastha, etc., are forbidden.¹