ASVALAYANA GRIHYA SUTRA ADHYAYA 1 KANDIKÂ 1. 1 1. The (rites) based on the spreading (of the three sacred fires) have been declared; we shall declare the Grihya (rites). 2 2. There are three (kinds of) Pâkayagñas, the hutas, (i.e. the sacrifices) offered over the fire; over something that is not the fire, the prahutas; and at […]
ASVALAYANA GRIHYA SUTRA Introduction MOST of the questions concerning the Grihya-sûtras of Âsvalâyana will be better discussed in connection with the various topics which we shall have to discuss in our General Introduction to the Grihya-sûtras. Here I would only like to draw attention to the well-known passage of the Shadgurusishya in which this commentator […]
SANKHAYANA GRIHYA SUTRA ADHYAYA 6 KHANDA 1. 1 1. Now, after having paid reverence to Brahman, to the Brahmarishi, to (those who descend from) Brahman’s womb, to Indra, Pragâpati, Vasishtha, Vâmadeva, Kahola Kaushîtaki, Mahâkaushîtaki, Suyagña Sâṅkhâyana, Âsvalâyana, Aitareya, Mahaitareya, Kâtyâyana, Sâtyâyana, Sâkalya, Babhru, Bâbhravya, Mandu, Mândavya, and to all the teachers of the past, we will […]
SANKHAYANA GRIHYA SUTRA ADHYAYA 5 KHANDA 1. 1 1. Now when he intends to set out on a journey, he makes (his sacred) fire enter into himself, (or) into the two kindling sticks, or into (an ordinary) log of wood, 2 2. Once with (the text), ‘Come, enter into my Prânas,’ twice silently. 3. Or with (the […]
SANKHAYANA GRIHYA SUTRA ADHYAYA 4 1 1. Let him offer (Srâddha oblations) every month to the fathers. 2 2. Having invited an uneven number of Brâhmanas, versed in the Veda, at least three, to sit down as (representing) the fathers, p. 107 3. And having strewn sesamum into an uneven number of water-pots, 4. He shall pour […]
SANKHAYANA GRIHYA SUTRA ADHYAYA 3 KHANDA 1. 1. A bath (shall be taken by the student) when he is going to return home (from his teacher). 2 2. ‘A bull’s hide’—this has been declared. On that hide he makes him sit down and have his hair and beard cut and the hair of the body and […]
SANKHAYANA GRIHYA SUTRA ADHYAYA 2 1 1. In the eighth year after the conception let him initiate a Brâhmana, 2. With an antelope-skin, p. 59 3. Or in the tenth year after the conception. 4. In the eleventh year after the conception a Kshatriya with the skin of a spotted deer, 5. In the twelfth year […]
Sutra Sutra (Sanskrit: सुत्र, romanized: sūtra, lit. ’string, thread’) in Indian literary traditions refers to an aphorism or collection of aphorisms in the form of a manual or, more broadly, a condensed manual or text. Sutras are a genre of ancient and medieval Indian texts found in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. In Hinduism, sutras are a […]
Sankhayana Grihya Sutra Chapter 1 Introduction THE Grihya-sûtra ascribed to Sâṅkhâyana, which has been edited and translated into German by myself in the XVth volume of the Indische Studien, is based on the first of the four Vedas, the Rig-veda in the Bâshkala recension, and among the Brâhmana texts, on the Kaushîtaka. Its reputed author, whom […]
Smriti The Smriti, literally “that which is remembered”, is a body of Hindu texts usually attributed to an author, traditionally written down, in contrast to the Śrutis (Vedic literature) considered authorless, which were handed down verbally across generations and fixed. The Smriti is a derivative secondary work and is considered less authoritative than the Sruti […]
Pariśiṣṭa A Pariśiṣṭa is a Sanskrit supplementary text appended to another fixed, more ancient text – typically Vedic literature – intended to “communicate what remains to be said”. These are in the style of sutras, but less concise. According to Max Mueller, an adherent of the Vedas, “they may be regarded as the very last […]
