Sankhayana-grihya-sutra

by Hermann Oldenberg | 1886 | 37,785 words

The Grihya-sutra ascribed to Shankhayana, which has been edited and translated into German in the XVth volume of the "Indische Studien", is based on the first of the four Vedas, the Rig-veda in the Bashkala recension, and among the Brahmana texts, on the Kaushitaka. Alternative titles: Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (शाङ्खायन-गृह्य-सूत्र), Shank...

Adhyāya IV, Khaṇḍa 19

1. On the full moon day of Caitra,

2[1]. (Taking) jujube leaves, and making of meal (images) of couples of animals as it happens.

3. A figure with prominent navel to Indra and Agni.

4. Balls to Rudra.

5. According to custom the Nakṣatras and (their?) images (?). According to custom the Nakṣatras and (their?) images (?).

Here ends the Fourth Adhyāya.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

19, 2-5. Several points in the translation of these Sūtras are uncertain. See the extracts from the commentary of Nārāyaṇa, pp. 156 seq. of the German edition.

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