[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) › [Kaushitakagrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka) › 2.1 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.1: prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.1) garbhāṣṭameṣu varṣeṣu brāhmaṇamupanayītaiṇeyenājinena \1\ > In the eighth year from conception, he should initiate a brāhmaṇa with the skin of a black antelope; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.2) garbhadaśameṣu vā \2\ > or in the tenth from conception. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.3) garbhaikādaśeṣu kṣatriyaṃ rauraveṇa \3\ > In the eleventh from conception, a kṣatriya with the skin of a spotted deer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.4) garbhadvādaśeṣu vaiśyaṃ gavyena \4\ > In the twelfth \[year\] from conception, a Vaiśya, with a bovine skin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.5) ā ṣoḍaśād brāhmaṇasyāpatitā sāvitrī \5\ > Until the sixteenth \[year\], the Sāvitrī has not lapsed for a Brāhmaṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.6) ā dvāviṃśāt kṣatriyasya \6\ > Until the twenty-second for a Kṣatriya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.7) ā caturviṃśādvaiśyasya \7\ > Until the twenty-fourth for a Vaiśya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.8) kāṣāyaṃ vāso brāhmaṇasya \8\ > A reddish-brown garment is for a Brāhmaṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.9) māñciṣṭhaṃ kṣatriyasya \9\ > A madder-dyed \[garment\] for a Kṣatriya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.10) hāridraṃ vaiśyasya \10\ > A turmeric-dyed \[garment\] for a Vaiśya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.11) ahatena vāsasā sarve \11\ > All \[may wear\] an unbleached garment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.12) mekhalinaḥ \12\ > \[They must be\] wearing girdles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.13) mauñjī mekhalā brāhmaṇasya \13\ > A girdle of muñja grass is for a Brāhmaṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.14) dhanurjyā kṣatriyasya \14\ > A bowstring for a Kṣatriya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.15) ūrṇāsūtraṃ vaiśyasya \15\ > A woolen cord for a Vaiśya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.16) teṣāṃ daṇḍāḥ \16\ > Their staffs: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.17) pālāśo bailvo vā daṇḍo brāhmaṇasya \17\ > A staff of palāśa or of bilva is for a Brāhmaṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.18) naiyagrodhaḥ khādiro vā kṣatriyasya \18\ > Of nyagrodha or of khadira for a Kṣatriya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.19) audumbaro vaiśyasya \19\ > Of udumbara for a Vaiśya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.20) evameva homārthe \20\ > Just so for the purpose of sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.21) ghrāṇāntiko brāhmaṇasya \21\ > Reaching up to the nose for a Brāhmaṇa; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.22) lalāṭāntikaḥ kṣatriyasya \22\ > Reaching up to the forehead for a Kṣatriya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.23) keśāntiko vaiśyasya \23\ > Reaching up to the hairline for a Vaiśya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.24) sarve vā sarveṣām \24\ > Or all \[types of staffs may be used\] by all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.25) yenābandhenopanayīta ācāryādhīnaṃ tat \25\ > With whatever tied cord he should initiate him, that depends on the preceptor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.26) parivāpyopanayettu \26\ > Having caused him to shave his hair, however, he should initiate him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.27) āplāvyāḷaṅkṛtya \27\ > Having caused him to bathe and adorned him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.28) agnaya indrāyādityāya viśvebhyo devebhya iti hutvā jaghanenāgnimupatiṣṭhataḥ prāṅmukha ācāryaḥ pratyaṅmukha itarastiṣṭhan tiṣṭhantamupanayet \28\ > Having sacrificed with: 'To Agni, to Indra, to Āditya, to the Viśvedevas,' they take their stand to the west of the fire; the preceptor facing east, the other facing west; standing, he should initiate him while standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.29) iyaṃ duruktaṃ paribādhamānā varṇaṃ pavitraṃ punatī na āgāt prāṇāpānābhyāṃ balamāviśantī sakhā devī subhagā mekhaleyam iti trirmekhalāṃ parivṛtya trivṛtātrivṛtenaikagranthirekaḥ \29\ > With: 'Fending off harsh speech, purifying the caste, a purifier, she has come to us, entering strength through in-breath and out-breath, a friendly goddess, auspicious is this girdle,' having wound the girdle three times, threefold or three times tripled, there is a single knot; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.30) trayo 'pi vā \30\ > Or three \[knots\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.31) yajñasyopavītenopavyayāmi dīrghāyutvāya suprajāstvāya suvīryāya sarveṣāṃ vedānāmādhipatyāya yaśase brahmavarcasāya tvā ityupavītena \31\ > With the sacrificial cord \[and the formula\]: 'I invest you with the sacrificial cord of the sacrifice for long life, for good offspring, for heroic vigor, for lordship over all the Vedas, for fame, for holy splendor'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.32) upanahya dakṣiṇaṃ bāhumuddhṛtya śira upadhāya vāmeṃ 'se pratiṣṭhāpayati \32\ > Having fastened it, having raised the right arm, placing it over the head, he settles it on the left shoulder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.33) evaṃ yajñopavītī \33\ > Thus he is invested with the sacrificial cord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.34) viparītaṃ pitrye \34\ > It is reversed in an ancestral rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1.35) ucchiṣṭamityajīnena ca \\35\\ > And with the \[formula for the\] remainder, \[he invests him\] with the hide. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.2.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Āgniveśyagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.agnivesya.2.4.9.19) — Agniveśa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.1) · Pramāṇa