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# Apastambagrihyasutra 2.6.12

Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 2.6.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.2.6.12)

uditeṣu nakṣatreṣu prācīmudīcīṃ vā diśamupaniṣkramyottarābhyāṃ yathāliṅgaṃ dhruvamarundhatīṃ ca darśayati \12\

> When the stars have appeared, he goes out (of the house with her) in an easterly or northerly direction, and shows her the polar star and (the star) Arundhatî with the next two verses (M. I, 9, 6-7), according to the characteristics (contained in those verses).  
> — 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.2.6.12) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English

## Commentaries (2)

- [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.101.6) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit
- [Gṛhyatātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!sudarsanacarya.30.12) — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit

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