[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 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.1 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.1) śrīḥ \ sāṃvatsarikasya cūḍākaraṇam \1\ > When (the son) is one year old, the Kûdâkarana (i.e. the tonsure of his head, should be performed), > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.2) tṛtīye vā 'pratihate \2\ > Or before the lapse of the third (year). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.3) ṣoḍaśavarṣasya keśāntaḥ \3\ > When he is sixteen years old, the Kesânta (i.e. the shaving of his beard, is to be done), > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.4) yathāmaṅgalaṃ vā sarveṣām \4\ > Or, according as it is considered auspicious by all (the different families). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.5) brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā mātā kumāramādāyāplāvyāhate vāsasī paridhāpyāṅka ādhāya paścādagnerupaviśati \5\ > After food has been distributed to the Brâhmanas, the mother takes the boy, bathes him, puts on him an under and an upper garment which have not yet been washed, and putting him on her lap, she sits down to the west of the fire. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.6) anvārabdha ājyāhutīrhutvā prāśanānte śītāsvapsūṣṇā āsiñcatyuṣṇena vāya udakenehyadite keśānvapeti \6\ > The father taking hold (of his wife) sacrifices Âgya oblations, and after he has partaken of the (sacrificial) food, he pours warm water into cold water with (the words), 'With warm water come hither, Vâyu! Aditi, cut the hair.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.7) keśaśmaśvriti ca keśānte \7\ > At the Kesânta ceremony (Sûtra 3), 'hair and beard' (instead of 'hair'). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.8) athātra navanītapiṇḍaṃ ghṛtapiṇḍaṃ dadhno vā prāsyati \8\ > He throws a piece of fresh butter, or of ghee, or some curds into it (i.e. into the water, Sara 6). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.9) tata ādāya dakṣiṇaṃ godānamundati \ savitrā prasūtā daivyā āpa undantu te tanūṃ dīrghāyutvāya varcasa iti \9\ > Taking some (water) he moistens the hair near the right ear with (the formula), 'On the impulse of Savitri may the divine waters moisten thy body in order that long life and splendour may be thine.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.10) tryepyā śalalyā vinīya trīṇi kuśataruṇānyantardadhātyoṣadha iti \10\ > Having unravelled (the hair) with a porcupine's quill that has three white spots, he puts three young Kusa shoots into it with (the formula), 'Herb' (Vâg. Samh. IV, 1). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.11) śivo nāmeti lohakṣuramādāya nivartayāmīti pravapati yenāvapatsavitā kṣureṇa somasya rājño varuṇasya vidvān \ tena brahmāṇo vapatedamasyāyuṣyañjaradaṣṭiryathāsaditi \11\ > Taking up a copper razor with (the formula), 'Friendly by name' (Vâg. Samh. III, 63 a), he cuts (the hair) with (the formula), 'I cut off' (ibid. 63b), (and with the formula,) 'The razor with which Savitri, the knowing one, has shaven (the beard) of king Soma and Varuna, with that, ye Brâhmanas, shave his (head), in order that he may be blessed with long life and may reach old age.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.12) sakeśāni pracchidyānaḍuhe gomayapiṇḍe prāsyatyuttarato dhriyamāṇe \12\ > Cutting off (the Kusa shoots) together with the hair, he throws them on a lump of bull's dung which they keep northwards of the fire. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.13) evaṃ dviraparaṃ tūṣṇīm \13\ > In the same way two other times silently. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.14) itarayoścondanādi \14\ > The moistening and the other rites are repeated with the two other (tufts of hair). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.15) atha paścāttryāyuṣamiti \15\ > Behind with (the verse), 'The threefold age' (Vâg. Samh. III, 62). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.16) athottarato yena bhūriścarā divaṃ jyokca paścāddhi sūryam \ tena te vapāmi brahmaṇā jīvātave jīvanāya suślokyāya svastaya iti \16\ > Then on the left side with (the verse), 'With that prayer by which mayst thou, a mighty one, go to heaven, and long mayst thou see the sun: with that prayer I shave thee for the sake of life, of existence, of glory, of welfare.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.17) triḥ kṣureṇa śiraḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ pariharati > Three times he shaves round the head, from left to right; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.18) samukhaṃ keśānte \17\ > Including the face, at the Kesânta ceremony. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.19) yatkṣureṇa majjayatā supeśasā vaptvā vāvapati keśāñchindhi śiro mā 'syāyuḥ pramoṣīḥ \18\ > (He recites the verse,) 'When the shaver shaves his hair with the razor, the wounding, the well-shaped, purify his head, but do not take away his life.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.20) mukhamiti ca keśānte \19\ > He adds (the word), 'his face' at the Kesânta ceremony. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.21) tābhiradbhiḥ śiraḥ samudya nāpitāya kṣuraṃ prayacchati \ akṣuṇvanparivapeti \20\ > With that water (Sûtras 6, 8) he moistens his head, and gives the razor to the barber with (the words), 'Without wounding him, shave him.' > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.22) yathāmaṅgalaṃ keśaśeṣakaraṇam \21\ > The locks of hair which are left over, are to be arranged as it is considered auspicious (in his family). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.23) anuguptametaṃ sakeśaṃ gomayapiṇḍaṃ nidhāya goṣṭhe palvala udakānte vā ' 'cāryāya varaṃ dadāti \22\ > Having put away that lump of dung with the hair so that it is hidden in a cow-stable, or in a small pond, or in the vicinity of water; he gives an optional gift to the teacher; > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1.24) gāṃ keśānte \23\ > A cow at the Kesânta ceremony. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [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) ## Translations (1) - [The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara~en-oldenberg.2.1.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.20.p1) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Revantapūjā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.revantapuja.2.6) — Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Ṛṣibudha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara.2.p2.10) — Ṛṣibudha, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-khandabhatta.2.p2.10) — Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Siddheśvara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-siddhesvara.2.p2.10) — Siddheśvara 1630, Sanskrit - [Nityācārapaddhati (Vidyākara vājapeyin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.acara.ahnika.nityacarapaddhati-vidyakara-vajapeyin.3.p122) — Vidyākara vājapeyin, Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.8.p109.1) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.1) · Pramāṇa