History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c64.340

v4.c64.340

The above text of Śaunaka is based on the व्यव. मयूख, नि. सि. (which does not quote all verses), दत्त. मी., दत्त. च., सं. कौ. and Dr. Bühler's text prepared from several mss. and published in the Journal of the Bengal Asiatic Society, vol. 35 at pp. 158-159. The शौनकीय text printed at Trivandrum, 1935, has 14½ verses on पुत्रग्रहणविधि (I. 8). The principal various readings are noted below. Verse 1—सं. कौ. reads 'वन्ध्या वा मृतपुत्रा वा'; शौ. reads वन्ध्यो वा. The half verse 3a मधुपर्केण &c. is omitted by Bühler, व्यव. मयूख, नि. सि., सं. कौ. In 5a दत्त. मी. and दत्त. च. read अन्वाधानादिकं तन्त्र, and शौ., सं. कौ. and Bühler अन्वाधानादि; and शौ. reads ॰त्पवनान्तरम्. In 6a शौ. reads समक्षस्थो ददेत्तस्मै. The नि. सि. omits 7b and 8a and सं. कौ. reads छत्रच्छायागतं सुतम् in 7b and शौ. छत्रच्छायावहम्. In 8b सं. कौ. and शौ. read गृहमेत्येधममाधाय. In 9a सं. कौ. and शौ. read यस्त्वा हृदेति द्वाभ्यां च and in 10a स्विष्टकृदादिशेषं च कृत्वा होमं. In 11b दत्त. मी., Bühler and दत्त. च. read गुरुगोत्रसमेपि. In 13a Bühler and सं. कौ. read दौहित्रं भागिनेयं वा शूद्राणां चापि दापयेत्; दत्त. मी. reads शूद्रैस्तु क्रियते सुतः and also recognizes the reading शूद्राणां विहितः सुतः. The स्मृतिमु. (वर्णाश्रम) p. 102 and शौ. read दौहित्रं भागिनेयं वा शूद्राणां त्वापदो यदि and omits ब्राह्मणादि... क्वचित्. 13b (ब्राह्म. ... क्वचित्) is omitted by the व्यव. मयूख., सं. कौ., and Bühler. In 15b सं. कौ. and शौ. read रत्नशतत्रयम्. The order of the verses also slightly varies in some of the works.