[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) › [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka) › [Kathakagrihyasutrabhashya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala) › 29.1 # Kathakagrihyasutra 29.1 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 29.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.29.1) avidhavā jīvadbhartṛkāḥ| śākamiśrāḥ piṇḍyaḥ śākapiṇḍyaḥ, ‘bhakṣyeṇa miśrīkaraṇam' (2.1.35) iti tatpuruṣaḥ| catasro'ṣṭāviti ca prathamāntastrīpadasamānādhikaraṇam| catasro'ṣṭau veti yathāsambhavaṃ vikalpaḥ| samasaṃkhyāniyamārthametat| caturaṣṭāṣṭatvaniyamārthamiti tu kecit| tenāyamanvayaḥ anyūnāścatasṛbhyo'vidhavāḥ striyaḥ samasaṃkhyāḥ ṣaṭkavarjyāḥ śākapiṇḍībhiranyaiśca yathāsambhavadbhirbhojanaviśeṣairbrāhmaṇānbhojayitvā vīṇayā vādyamānayā saha ye gāyanti tacchīlāstaiḥ saha sambhūtā bhūtvā maṅgalagānaṃ gāyeyuḥ| brāhmaṇabhojanānantaraṃ maṅgalagānāvasaro'tra vivakṣito, natu samānakartṛttve'tīvādaraḥ, tena te brāhmaṇānbhojayeyuranye vā, sarvathā brāhmaṇabhojanānantaraṃ maṅgalagānaṃ kartavyam| apivā caturo nartanaṃ kuryāt caturo nartanapravīṇo nartanaṃ kuryāt yadi sauśīlyādiguṇayukto bhavet, viparyaye tu na tābhiḥ saha nartanaṃ kuryādityanenābhiprāyeṇāpivāśabdaḥ| anuṣṭhānaṃ tvāryāvarte yathā dṛśyate, tathā brūmaḥ - kanyāyā mātṛprabhṛtayo'ṣṭau catasro vāvidhavā yathāvibhavaṃ bhojayitvā brāhmaṇāṃścāvidhavābhiḥ saha vīṇāgāthibhiśca gāyanti nṛtyanti sotsāham| tadanusāreṇāyamarthaḥ - catasro'ṣṭau vā striyaḥ karmabhūtā brāhmaṇāṃśca śākapiṇḍībhiranyena ca bhojyaprakāreṇa bhojayitvā vīṇāgāthibhiḥ sahāvidhavābhiśca saṅgāyeyuḥ| ke| arthāt kanyāmātrādayaḥ| apiveti samuccaye| sakalo'sau strīgaṇaścaturaḥ sotsāho bhūtvā nartanaṃ kuryāt|| ‘krīḍaṃ vaḥ' ityanayā gāyantyānumantrayate| vyākhyātā ceyaṃ kṛcchreṣu| - [Previous: 28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.28.2) - [Next: 29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.29.2) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.29) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka.22.1) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.29.1) · Pramāṇa