Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.170

c7.170

Decisive data, however, connect Y. with the White Yajurveda. Even Stenzler, ZDMG 7, 517 ff. pointed out the similarity between Y. 3, 1 ff. and the Gṛhyasūtra of Pāraskara 3, 10⁷ belonging to the White Yajurveda and also the relation in which Y.'s name stands to the Vājasaneyi-Saṃhitā. Y. who is also called Vājasaneya, is considered to be the author of this Saṃhitā and figures as the chief authority in the Śatapathabrāhmaṇa belonging to it, particularly in the Bṛhadāraṇyaka; the Yajus-mantras were revealed to him by the Sun-god. Similarly Y. 3, 110 refers to himself as the author of the Āraṇyaka which he had received from the Sun. In conformity with this, in Y. the Mantras which are recited at the Śrāddha are taken mostly from the Vājasaneyisaṃh. and the whole exposition of the Śrāddha 1, 219-271 exhibits a large number of points of agreement with the Śrāddhakalpasūtra of Kātyāyana edited by Caland.¹ Accordingly, it is probable that the Smṛti of Y. is based on a Sūtra-work of the White Yajurveda but at the same time other Sūtra-works and our M. were utilised by the author of this work. The laconic style of Y. should perhaps be regarded as a lingering relic of the original Sūtras.²