Hindu Law and Custom (Recht und Sitte) c7.19

c7.19

As regards the home of Āpastamba (no matter what real name lies hidden behind this patronymic), he distinguishes himself as an inhabitant of the South by referring (2, 17, 17) to a custom prevailing among the peoples of the North (*udīcya*) with disapprobation. Perhaps he was a native of the Andhra land i.e. the country between the Godāvarī and the Kṛṣṇā, because he quotes the Taittirīyāraṇyaka in that version which is prevalent among the Andhra Brahmans, and also according to the notice in the Mahārṇava, already referred to, the Āpastamba-school had its seat in the Andhra land. The southern home of this school likewise indicates a comparatively late origin for it, for the South is generally not at all mentioned in the Vedic Saṃhitās and the Andhras in the Aitareyabrāhmaṇa still appear to be barbarians.²