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IV ADHYAYA, 5 KANDIKA, 4.
19. And of a Guru who is no Sapinda,
20. And of unmarried female relations. 21. Three nights after (the death of) other teachers, 22. And of a relation who is no Sapinda, 23. And of married female relations,
24. Of a child that has no teeth,
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25. And of a dead-born child.
26. One day, after (the death of) a fellow-pupil, 27. And of a Srotriya of the same village.
KANDIKA 5.
1. The gathering (of the bones is performed) after the tenth (Tithi from the death), (on a Tithi) with an odd number, of the dark fortnight, under a single Nakshatra.
2. A man into a male urn without special marks, a woman into a female one without special marks.
3. Aged persons of an odd number, not men and women together (gather the bones).
4. The performer of the ceremony walks three times round the spot with his left side turned towards
texts do not exactly agree. See pastamba II, 15, 2; Manu V, 60; Gautama XIV, 13 (with Prof. Bühler's note, Sacred Books, vol. ii, p. 247, &c.).
21. Comp. Sûtras 17, 19.
5, 1. Nârâyana (comp. the Asvalâyana-Grihya-Parisishta III, 7) understands this Sutra in a different way. 'After the tenth Tithi of the dark fortnight, on a Tithi with an odd number, i. e. on the eleventh, thirteenth, or fifteenth.' The single Nakshatras are those the name of which does not denote two Nakshatras (as, for instance, the two Ashâdhâs). Comp. Kâty.-Sraut. XXV, 8, 1; Manu V, 59.
2. Urns, with or without protuberances like female breasts, are considered as female or male accordingly.
3. See chap. 2, 2.
4. Comp. chap. 2, 10.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |