[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Angirasasmriti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras) › 2.4 # Angirasasmriti 2.4: caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ Āṅgirasasmṛti 2.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.10) — 1 part ### caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.1) prāyo nāma tapaḥ proktaṃ cittaṃ niścaya ucyate / taponiścayasaṃyogāt prāyaścittamiti smṛtam // > "Prāya" is said to mean austerity; "citta" is called resolve. / From the combination of austerity and resolve, it is traditionally known as "prāyaścitta" \[expiation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.2) prāyaścittasamaṃ cittaṃ cārayitvā pradīyate / parṣadā kriyate yattat prāyaścittamiti smṛtam // > The resolve is made equal to the expiation, and having caused it to be performed, \[purity\] is granted. / What is enacted by the assembly is traditionally known as expiation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.3) catvāro vā trayo vāpi vedavedāgnihotriṇaḥ / ye tu samyaksthitā viprāḥ kāryākāryaviniścitāḥ // > Four, or even three, who maintain the sacred fires and the Vedas, / who are upright Brahmins, decisive in what is to be done and not to be done— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.4) prāyaścittapraṇetāraḥ saptaite parikīrtitāḥ / ekaviṃśatibhiścānyaiḥ pārṣadatvaṃ samāgataiḥ // > these are declared to be seven directors of expiation, / or with twenty-one others who have assembled into an assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.5) sāvitrīmātrasāraistu cīrṇavedavratairdvijaiḥ / yatīnāmātmavidyānāṃ dhyāyināmātmavedinām / śirovrataiśca snātānām eko 'pi pariṣadbhavet // > Or by twice-born men whose essence is only the Sāvitrī verse, who have performed their Vedic vows; / of ascetics knowledgeable in the Self, meditating, knowers of the Self, / and bathed by the rite of the head-vow—even one may constitute an assembly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.6) evaṃ pūrvaṃ mayāpyuktaṃ teṣāṃ ye ye pare pare / svavṛtyā parituṣṭānāṃ pariṣattvamudāhṛtam // > Thus it was also stated by me earlier: those who are subsequent among them, / satisfied with their own livelihood, their assembly status is declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.7) eṣāṃ laghuṣu kāryeṣu madhyameṣu ca madhyamā / mahāpātakacintāsu śataśo bhūya eva vā // > For light matters \[a small number\] of these \[is required\], an intermediate \[number\] for intermediate ones, / and in deliberations on major sins, hundreds or even more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.8) ata ūrdhvaṃ tu ye viprāḥ kevalaṃ nāmadhārakāḥ / pariṣattvaṃ na teṣvasti sahasraguṇiteṣvapi // > Beyond this, Brahmins who are merely nominal holders of the name— / there is no assembly status in them, even if multiplied a thousandfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.9) janmaśārīravidyābhir ācāreṇa śrutena ca / dharmeṇa ca yathoktena brāhmaṇatvaṃ vidhīyate // > By birth, bodily purifications, learning, conduct, sacred lore, / and by the religious duty as prescribed, Brahminhood is established. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.10) citrakarma yathānekair aṅgairunmīlyate śanaiḥ / brāhmaṇyamapi tadvatsyāt saṃskārairmantrapūrvakaiḥ // > Just as a painting is brought out gradually by many elements, / so also Brahminhood is brought about by the sacraments preceded by mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.4.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4.10.p1) ityāṅgirasadharmaśāstre pariṣallakṣaṇaṃ nāma caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the fourth chapter, named 'Definition of an Assembly', in the Dharmaśāstra of Aṅgiras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras~en-mt.2.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Parāśarasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.parasara.8.15) — Parāśara, Sanskrit - [Kṛtyakalpataru](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.krtyakalpataru.1.p153) — Lakṣmīdhara Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.angiras.2.4) · Pramāṇa