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# Apastambagrihyasutra 2.4.12

Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 2.4.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.2.4.12)

yadi kāmayeta strīreva janayeyamityaṅgulīreva gṛhṇīyāt \12\

> If he wishes that only daughters may be born to him, he should seize only the fingers (without the thumb);  
> — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)

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## Translations (1)

- [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba~en-oldenberg.2.4.12) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English

## Commentaries (1)

- [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.62.7) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit

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