[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) › 3.8 # Kaushitakagrihyasutra 3.8: atha aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ Kauṣītakagṛhyasūtra 3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [3.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.8.1) athāta utsargaḥ \1\ > Now, therefore, the concluding rite of Vedic study (utsarga). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.8.2) māghaśuklapakṣapratipadyaparājitāyāṃ diśi puṇye deśe pratyasya loṣṭān śāsa itthā iti pratidiśamṛṣīṃśchandāṃsi devatāḥ śraddhāmedhe ca tarpayitvā pratipuruṣaṃ pitaraḥ \2\ > On the first day of the bright fortnight of Māgha, in the unconquered direction (north-east), in an auspicious place, having thrown clods of earth in each direction with "The ruler thus...", having satiated the seers, the metres, the deities, and faith and intellect, the fathers \[are satiated\] person by person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.8.3) udutyam citram namo mitrasya vibhrād bṛhat iti sūktāni japitvā chandāṃsi viśrāmayantyardhaṣaṣṭhān māsān \3\ > Having muttered the hymns: "Upward that...", "Wonderful...", "Homage to Mitra's...", "Shining, great...", they give rest to the metres for five and a half months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.8.4) adhīyīraṃścedahorātramuparamya prādhyayanam \\4\\ > If they should study, having paused for a day and night, \[there is only\] repetition of what has been studied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka~en-mt.3.8.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.sankhayana.4.6.7) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kausitaka.3.8) · Pramāṇa