[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997) › v1.c19.2 # History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.2 History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. v1.c19.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.2) Similar expressions involving the use of the word \*gandha\* are also found in \*Taittirīya Saṃhitā\* (I.2.6.1, IV. 6.8.4) \*Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā\* (II, 5.2., III. 16-1, IV. 2.13) and \*Taittirīya Āraṇyaka\* (X.1.10). In \*Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa\*, the term \*gandha\* is used for about twelve times. The use of perfumes for anointment and for bath in the post-Vedic times is ascertained by the words, \*sugandhaliptaḥ\* and \*sugandha-snānaśīlāḥ\*, mentioned in \*Viṣṇu Dharmasūtra\* (XCIX.19), and \*Gautama Dharmasūtra\* (IX.2) respectively. Moreover, the word \*sugandhi-tejana\* occurs at \*Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra\* (IV.1.2., 3.14), \*Vaikhānasaśrautasūtra\*, (XI.10.8). Saunaka’s \*Bṛhaddevatā\*, (VII. 77, 78), states that while Agni was officiating as \*hotṛ\*, his bones became the \*devadāru\* tree, his fat and flesh \*guggulu\* and his sinew became \*sugandhitejana\* which Macdonell translates as fragrant \*tejana\* grass (Macdonell 1904, p.271). - [Previous: v1.c19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.1) - [Next: v1.c19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.3) - [Up: v1.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19) ## Linked texts (9) - [Baudhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.baudhayana.4.1) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Vaiṣṇava Dharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.visnu.99.19) — Viṣṇu, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*taittiriya.1.2.6.1) — Sanskrit - [Vaikhānasaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaikhanasa.11.10) — Vikhanas, Sanskrit - [Gautamadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.gautama.9.2) — Gautama (dharmasūtrakāra), Sanskrit - [Bṛhaddevatā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.misc.anukramani.brhaddevata.7.77) — Śaunaka, Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.2.5.2) — Sanskrit - [Taittirīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1997.v1.c19.2) · Pramāṇa