[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927) › c9.28 # Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c9.28 Theory of Government in Ancient India (Post-Vedic) c9.28 - **Language:** English ### [c9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c9.28) Like Vasiṣṭha, Baudhāyana also declares that a Brāhmaṇa's property is the worst poison, destroying its taker with all his sons and grandsons (I, 5, 11, 15-16). Baudhāyana holds the arts and crafts in contempt. He prescribes penances for following the professions of medicine, singing, dancing, acting, tending cows and buffaloes, etc. (II, 1, 2, 13). - [Previous: c9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c9.27) - [Next: c9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c9.29) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c9) ## Cites (1) - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.1.5.11.15) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.prasad-1927.c9.28) · Pramāṇa