[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) › 2.8 # Paraskaragrihyasutra 2.8 Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra 2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.8.1) tisro rātrīrvrataṃ caret \1\ > Through a period of three nights (after the Samâvartana) he should keep (the following) observances. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.8.2) amāṃsāśyamṛṇmayapāyī \2\ > He shall eat no flesh and not drink out of an earthen vessel. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.8.6) taptenodakārthānkurvīta \6\ > He shall take warm water for (the rites) in which water is wanted. > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.8.7) avajyotya rātrau bhojanam \7\ > At night he shall eat by the light (of a lamp or a fire-brand). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.8.8) satyavadanameva vā \8\ > Or only speaking the truth (suffices instead of the other observances). > — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, The Grihya-sûtras, Part I (SBE 29) ### [2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.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. > — 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.2.8.1) — Hermann Oldenberg 1886, English ## Commentaries (1) - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtrabhāṣya (Harihara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara!harihara.26.9.1) — Harihara (Pāraskara commentator), Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Ṛṣibudha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara.2.p29.1) — Ṛṣibudha, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-khandabhatta.2.p29.1) — Khaṇḍabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit - [Saṃskārabhāskara (Siddheśvara)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskarabhaskara-siddhesvara.2.p29.1) — Siddheśvara 1630, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.8) · Pramāṇa