History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c89.67

v7.c89.67

The Kauśikasūtra (chapter 13, kaṇḍikās 93-136) is concerned with *adbhutas*, their descriptions and the śāntis therefor. Kaṇḍikā 93 brings together 42 portentous phenomena and the kaṇḍikās that follow deal with the description of the omen or portent and śāntis for each of these. In these śāntis, Atharvaveda mantras play a secondary role and the majority of the mantras form an independent mantra material. It should be noted that at the end all these śāntis are spoken of as 'prāyaścitta'.