Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.8
Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.8
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.8.1
tisro rātrīrvrataṃ caret \1\
Through a period of three nights (after the Samâvartana) he should keep (the following) observances.
2.8.2
amāṃsāśyamṛṇmayapāyī \2\
He shall eat no flesh and not drink out of an earthen vessel.
2.8.3
strīśūdraśavakṛṣṇaśakuniśunāṃ cādarśanamasaṃbhāṣā ca taiḥ \3\
He shall avoid seeing women, Sûdras, dead bodies, black birds, and dogs, and shall not talk to (such beings).
2.8.4
śavaśūdrasūtakānnāni ca nādyāt \4\
He shall not eat funeral food, or food of a Sûdra, or of a woman lying-in (during the period of her impurity).
2.8.5
mūtrapurīṣe ṣṭhīvanaṃ cātape na kuryātsūryāccātmānaṃ nāntardadhīta \5\
He shall not void urine or excrements, or spit out in the sun-shine, and shall riot cover himself against the sun.
2.8.6
taptenodakārthānkurvīta \6\
He shall take warm water for (the rites) in which water is wanted.
2.8.7
avajyotya rātrau bhojanam \7\
At night he shall eat by the light (of a lamp or a fire-brand).
2.8.8
satyavadanameva vā \8\
Or only speaking the truth (suffices instead of the other observances).
2.8.9
dīkṣito 'pyātapādīni kuryātpravargyavāṃścet \9\ \\8\\
Also a person who has received the dîkshâ (or inauguration for a Soma sacrifice), should observe these rules beginning from (that which regards) the sun-shine (Sûtra 5), if he performs the Pravargya ceremony.
Translations (1)
- The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English
Commentaries (1)
- Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit
Linked texts (3)
- Saṃskārabhāskara (Ṛṣibudha) — Ṛṣibudha, Sanskrit
- Saṃskārabhāskara (Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa) — Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit
- Saṃskārabhāskara (Siddheśvara) — Siddheśvara 1630, Sanskrit