[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) › 2.6.9 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 2.6.9 Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 2.6.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.9) tadapi ślokāḥ\_ aśvatthaḥ khadiro 'rkaśca plakṣo vaikaṅkataśśamī kāṣmaryaśca śakṛdvanyaṃ sīravāhāśca sarvaśaḥ veṇuṃ varjyātha vānyāni nimbāralasakaṇṭakān karañjāmrrāsavarṇāśca varjyāḥ kāntāśca nāmataḥ homārthī tu prayuñjīta nitye naimittike 'pi vā pālāśī tu srugeva syādvā pārṇaḥ khādiraḥ sruvaḥ iti \\9\\ > On this there are also verses: / 'Aśvattha, khadira, arka, plakṣa, vikaṅkata, and śamī; / kāṣmarya, wild dried cow-dung, and plough-timber of all kinds \[are suitable for fuel\]; / bamboo is to be avoided, or any others \[such as\] nimba, aralu, thorny trees; / karañja and trees resembling mango are to be avoided, and those with lovely names. / But one who desires to sacrifice should employ \[the approved woods\] in regular or occasional rites; / the sacrificial ladle should be of palāśa wood, or the sruc of parṇa wood and the dipping spoon of khadira.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.8) - [Next: 2.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.7.1) - [Up: 2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.2.6.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.2.6.9) · Pramāṇa