[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) › 3.9.1 # Apastambagrihyasutra 3.9.1 Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 3.9.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.1) caturthīprabhṛtyāṣoḍaśīmuttarāmuttarāṃ yugmāṃ prajāniḥśreyasamṛtugamana ityupadiśanti \ 1 \ > Each following night with an even number, from the fourth (after the beginning of her monthly illness) till the sixteenth, brings more excellent offspring to them, if chosen for the (first) cohabiting after her illness; thus it is said. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) - [Previous: 3.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.8.13) - [Next: 3.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.2) - [Up: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba~en-oldenberg.3.9.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.142.5) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit - [Gṛhyatātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!sudarsanacarya.33.1) — Sudarśanācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.3.9.1) · Pramāṇa