History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v1.c4.4

v1.c4.4

Sec. 10 p. 60 ll. 25-27. After the words ‘the sūtra is in close relation to one of the oldest schools of the Yajurveda, viz. Kaṭha’ the following should be added ‘Vācaspati in his Śrāddhakalpa alias Pitṛbhaktitaraṅgiṇī says that the sūtra of Viṣṇu is meant for students of the Kaṭhaśākhā, as Viṣṇu is a sūtrakāra of that Śākhā’; **यच्चाग्निं परिस्तीर्य पौष्णं श्रपयित्वा पूषा गा इति विष्णुस्मृतावुक्तं तत्कठशाखिपरं तस्य तत्सूत्रकारत्वात्** (ms. of **पितृभक्ति°** in the India Office, folio 17a (I. O. cat. p. 556 No. 1730). The sūtra referred to is **विष्णुधर्मसूत्र** 86. 9.