The History of Indian Literature c6.10

c6.10

Their character and origin, 16; Śrauta-Sútras, 17; Gṛihya- or Smárta-Sútras, 17; gradual transformation of the original Smṛiti (Custom and Law), 17, 18; origin of caste, 18; connection between the Gṛihya-Sútras and the legal literature, 19-20; linguistic Sútras, their origin, 20, 21; character of the time in question, 21, 22; Prátiśákhya-Sútras, 23; metric, 23; Anukramaṇís, 24; tradition—Bṛihaddevatá, 24; Nighaṇṭu, Nirukti, the Vedáṅgas, 25; science of grammar, 26; philosophical speculation, 26 ff.; names applied to the early sages, 28; Upanishads, Áraṇyakas, 28, 29; astronomy and medicine, 29, 30.