[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) › 4.10.8 # Apastambagrihyasutra 4.10.8 Āpastambagṛhyasūtra 4.10.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.10.8) ānaḍuhe śakṛtpiṇḍe yavānnidhāya tasminkeśānupayamyottarayodumbaramūle darbhastambe vā nidadhāti \ 8 \ > Towards the south, his mother or a Brahmakârin strews barley-grains on a lump of bull's dung; with this (dung) she catches up the hair (that is cut off), and puts it down with the next (verse; M. II, 1, 8) at the root of an Udumbara tree or in a tuft of Darbha grass. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30) - [Previous: 4.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.10.7) - [Next: 4.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.10.9) - [Up: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.10) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part II (SBE 30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba~en-oldenberg.4.10.8) — Hermann Oldenberg 1892, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Anākulā, with Sudarśanārya's Tātparyadarśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba!haradatta.158.5) — Haradatta (dharmasūtra commentator) & Sudarśanārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.apastamba.4.10.8) · Pramāṇa