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# Apastambadharmasutra (Āpastambadharmasūtra)

आपस्तम्बधर्मसूत्र

Dharmasūtra of the Āpastamba school (praśnas 28–29 of the Kalpasūtra), in two praśnas; considered by Olivelle the oldest of the dharmasūtras.

- **Language:** Sanskrit
- **Date:** 300–200 BCE
- **Author:** [Āpastamba](https://indike.org/pramana/person/apastamba)
- **Place:** Āndhra
- **Extent:** 1,312 passages, 8,742 words
- **Text:** complete digital text
- **Source:** gretil · based upon B\"uhler's edition (Bombay Sanskrit Seires Nos.LIV and L), 3rd ed. 1932. Variant reading is in the… · Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.…; titus · Black Yajur-Veda Āpastamba-Dharmasūtra On the basis of the edition by G. Bühler, Bombay Sanskrit Series Nos.… · TITUS: for scholarly non-commercial use; copyright of the respective editors/TITUS; vedicreserve · Sources: 1. Apastamba-Dharmasūtra, G. Buehler, Bombay Sanskrit Series Nos. LIV and L, 3rd ed. 1932.… · Maharishi University of Management Vedic Literature Collection; free for study

## Contents

- [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba.1) — 11 parts
- [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba.2) — 11 parts

## Commentaries (3)

- [Ujjvalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba!haradatta) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator), Sanskrit
- [Adhyātmapaṭalavivaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba!samkara) — Śaṅkara, Sanskrit
- [Āpastambavārttika](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba!govardhana-kavimandana) — Govardhana Kavimaṇḍana, Sanskrit, not yet digitised

## Translations (1)

- [The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part I (SBE 2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.apastamba~en-buhler) — English

## Parallel to

- [Āpastambaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastamba)

## Versions and retellings

- [Hiraṇyakeśidharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.hiranyakesi)

## Part of

- [Āpastambakalpasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.apastambakalpasutra)

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