[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Apastambagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba) › 2.4.13 # Apastambagrihyasutra 2.4.13 Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 2.4.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.2.4.13) yadi kāmayeta puṃsa eva janayeyamityaṅguṣṭhameva so 'bhīvāṅguṣṭhamabhīva lomāni gṛhṇāti \13\ > If he wishes that only sons may be born to him, the thumb. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) - [Previous: 2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.2.4.12) - [Next: 2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.2.4.14) - [Up: 2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.2.4) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba~en-oldenberg.2.4.13) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.63.5) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit - [Gṛhyatātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!sudarsanacarya.28.11) — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Baudhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.baudhayana.1.4.10) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Bhāradvājagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.bharadvaja.1.15.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.2.4.13) · Pramāṇa