[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.2151 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2151 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.2151 - **Language:** English ### [c5.2151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2151) VRIDDHA. ‘Old.’ An epithet frequently found prefixed to the books of ancient writers, and evidently implying that there are one or more versions or recensions—as Vriddha Manu, Vriddha Hārita. \*See\* Dharma-śāstra. - [Previous: c5.2150](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2150) - [Next: c5.2152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2152) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (2) - [Mānava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.manu) — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit - [Hāritasmṛti (Laghu- and Vṛddha-Hārīta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.laghuvrddha.harita) — Hārīta, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.2151) · Pramāṇa