History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c41.25

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The gṛhyasūtras prescribe a holiday (*anadhyāya*) after the performance of upākarma, though the duration varies. Pār. gṛ. II. 10 prescribes that he should not study the Veda for three days and nights and should not clip his nails or shave for that period and points out that some said that he should not clip nails or hair till the date of utsarjana (i. e. for 5 months and a half). Śāṅ. gṛ. IV. 5. 17 (= Manu IV. 119) prescribes an *anadhyāya* (holiday) for three nights on upākarma and utsarga. Gobhila *gṛ.* (III. 3. 9 and 11) says that there is no study on the upākarma day performed on Hasta nakṣatra and that according to some teachers for three days before it and after it. The Bhār. gṛ. III. 8 enjoins that after upākarma there should be a holiday of three days or one day and for one month thereafter one should not study the Veda in the evening (i. e. the first watch after sunset).