18. Kanva and Kānva
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Āp. Dh. S. ( I. 6. 19 ) shows that Kaṇva and Kāṇva were two distinct authors - verses of Kaṇva quoted in Smṛticandrikā - Mit. quotes a verse of Kāṇva - Maskarin frequently quotes passages from Kaṇva.
— Synopsis by P.V. Kane, from History of Dharmaśāstra
18. Kanva and Kānva
18. Kanva and Kāṇva
From the Āp. Dh. S. it appears that Kaṇva and Kāṇva were two distinct writers on dharma. In I. 6. 19. 2 Āpastamba starts the question as to the persons, food at whose house was permitteḍ He states various views on that point and says that Kaṇva was of opinion that food may be taken at anybody's house provided the latter offered it with a request (I. 6. 19. 3) and that the opinion of Eka, Kuṇika, Kāṇva, Kutsa and Puskarasādi (I. 6. 19. 7) was that only that food that was offered by a pure and religious man should be partakeṇ In another place (I. 10. 28. 1) Āpastamba gives it as the opinion of Kautsa, Hārita, Kaṇva and Puskara- sādi that a man became a thief if in any case whatever he appropriates another's belongingṣ The Kumbhakonam edition of Pandit Halasyanatha reads Kāṇva for Kaṇva.
Kaṇva is quoted a few times in the Smṛticandrikā on Āhnika (daily duties) and śrāddha. One of these quotations is in prose (I. p. 97).1 Haradatta in his commentary on Gautama cites verses of Kaṇva in several places (e. g. Gau- tama Dh. S. 21. 3, 23. 3 and 11).2 The first verse bears a close resemblance to Manu XI. 180 and Bauḍ Dh. S. II. 1. 62. Kaṇva is quoted in the Ācāramayūkha and the Śrāddha- mayūkha.
The Mit. (on Yāj. III. 58) quotes a verse of Kāṇva on the length of the stay of a saṁnyāsin in a village or towṇ On Yāj. III. 260 the Mit. quotes a verse of Kaṇva stating the prāyaścitta for a brāhmaṇa having intercourse with the kṣatriya wife of his teacher.
In the Madras Govt. Oriental Library there is a mṣ of Kaṇva (vol. V, p. 1929 No. 2624).
Maskarin on Gaut. Dh. S. frequently quotes passages from Kaṇva (in prose and verse); vide on I. 33 and 39 (both prose), V. 21 (prose definition of Vedāparaga), IX. 1 (prose), X. 53 (verse on five kinds of śrāddhas, nitya, naimittika, kāmya, vṛddhiśrāddha and pārvana ), XI. 18 (verse viz. pūrvajanmakṛtam karma daivamityabhidhiyate ), XV. 17 (verse), XVII. 1 (verse on strīdhana ), XV. 3 (three verses on prāyaścitta ).