A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.86

c8.86

¹ Thus, smârtam karma is well defined by Shaḍguruśishya in the Sarvânukramaṇîbhâshya, as ‘nishekâdi śmaśânântam smṛiti-gṛihyavihitam karma.’ In the Commentary on Âśvalâyana’s Śrauta-sûtras, it is said, that, if observances, like rinsing the mouth, &c., are prescribed in the Śrauta-sûtras (as they are for instance Âśval. i. 1. 3.), this is only done in order to show that such observances are acknowledged and presupposed by the Śrauta-sûtras, though they belong to the province of the Gṛihya ceremonies.