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# Manavagrihyasutra 2.8: aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.3) — 6 parts
- [2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.4) — 1 part
- [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.5) — 4 parts
- [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.8) — 2 parts

### aṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

### [2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.1)

tisro 'ṣṭakāḥ //

### [2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.2)

ūrdhvamāgrahāyaṇyāḥ prāk phālgunyāstamiśrāṇāmaṣṭamyaḥ //

### [2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.3)

tāsu nādhīyīta //

### [2.8.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.3.p1)

tāsu payasi sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvā tasya juhoti--

### [2.8.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.3.p2)

yā devyaṣṭakeṣvapasāpastamāstapā avayā asi /  
tvaṃ yajñe varuṇasyāvayā asi tasyai ta enā vidhema //

### [2.8.3.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.3.p3)

ulūkhalā grāvāṇo ghoṣamakurvata haviḥ kṛṇvantaḥ parivatsarīyam

### [2.8.3.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.3.p4)

ekāṣṭake suprajasaḥ suvīrā jyogjīvema balihṛdo vayaṃ te //

### [2.8.3.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.3.p5)

yāṃ janāḥ pratinandanti rātrīṃ dhenumivāyatīm /  
saṃvatsarasya yā patnī sā no astu sumaṅgalī //

### [2.8.3.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.3.p6)

saṃvatsarasya pratimāṃ ye tvā rātrīmupāsate /  
teṣāmāyuṣmatīṃ prajāṃrāyaspoṣeṇa saṃsṛjasva //

### [2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.4)

iti catasraḥ sthālīpākasya //

### [2.8.4.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.4.p1)

aṣṭhakāryai surādhase

### [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.5)

svādeti sarvatrānuṣajati //

### [2.8.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.5.p1)

hemanto vasante grīṣmaṛtavaḥ śivānaḥ śivāno varṣā abhayāściraṃ naḥ vaiśvānaro 'dhiratiḥ prāṇādo no ahorātre kṛṇutāṃ dīrghamāyuḥ //

### [2.8.5.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.5.p2)

śāntā pṛthivī śivamantarikṣaṃ dyaur no devyabhayaṃ kṛṇotu /  
śivā diśaḥ pradiśa ādiśo na āpo vidyutaḥ paripāntvāyuḥ //

### [2.8.5.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.5.p3)

āpo marīcīḥ paripāntu viśvato dhātā samudro abhayaṃ kṛṇotu /  
bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyaduta bhadramastu me brahmabhigūrttaṃ svarākṣāṇaḥ //

### [2.8.5.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.5.p4)

kaviragnirindraḥ somaḥ sūryo vāyurastu me agnirvaiśvānaro apahantu pāpam /  
bṛhaspatiḥ savitā śarma yacchatu śriyaṃ virājaṃ mayi pūṣā dadhātu //

### [2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.6)

iti pañacājyasya //

### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.7)

jayānhutveḍāmagna iti sviṣṭakṛditi //

### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.8)

evaṃ sarvāsu //

### [2.8.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.8.p1)

iti dvitīyapuruṣe 'ṣṭamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ //8//

### [2.8.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava.2.8.8.p2)

navamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

## Commentaries (1)

- [Mānavagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.manava!manavagrhyasutrabhasya.32.6) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [A Vedic Concordance](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.bloomfield-1906.c6.3141) — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- [Mekhalā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.mekhala.9.4) — Laugākṣi, Sanskrit

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