[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) › [Paraskaragrihyasutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara) › 2.1.25 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.1.25 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.1.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.25) saṃvatsaraṃ brahmacaryamavapanaṃ ca keśānte dvādaśarātraṃ ṣaḍrātraṃ trirātramantataḥ \24\ \\1\\ > After the Kesânta has been performed, (the youth) should observe chastity and should not be shaven through one year, or twelve nights, or six nights, or at least three nights. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) - [Previous: 2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.24) - [Next: 2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.2.1) - [Up: 2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.2.1.25) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.25) · Pramāṇa