A History of Sanskrit Literature c12.16

c12.16

The chief Gṛihya Sūtra of the *Sāmaveda* is that of GOBHILA, which is one of the oldest, completest, and most interesting works of this class. Its seems to have been used by both the schools of its Veda. Besides the text of the *Sāmaveda* it presupposes the *Mantra Brāhmaṇa*. The latter is a collection, in the ritual order, of the mantras (except those occurring in the *Sāmaveda* itself), which are quoted by Gobhila in an abbreviated form. The Gṛihya Sūtra of KHĀDIRA, belonging to the Drāhyāyaṇa school and used by the Rāṇāyanīya branch of the *Sāmaveda*, is little more than Gobhila remodelled in a more succinct form.