Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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LAWS OF MANU.
VIII, 210.
210. The (four) chief priests among all (the sixteen), who are entitled to one half, shall receive a moiety (of the fee), the next (four) one half of that, the set entitled to a third share, one third, and those entitled to a fourth a quarter.
211. By the application of these principles the allotment of shares must be made among those men who here (below) perform their work conjointly.
212. Should money be given (or promised) for a pious purpose by one man to another who asks for it, the gift shall be void, if the (money is) afterwards not (used) in the manner (stated).
213. But if the (recipient) through pride or greed tries to enforce (the fulfilment of the promise), he shall be compelled by the king to pay one suvarna as an expiation for his theft.
214. Thus the lawful subtraction of a gift has
Brahman priest receives a swift horse at the Agnyâdhana, and Nár. adds that the Hotri receives a horse at the Gyotishtoma.
210. The four classes of priests, regarding whose functions see Max Müller, History Anc. Sansk. Lit., p. 468 seqq., are: 1. Hotri, Adhvaryu, Brahman, Udgâtri; 2. Maiträvaruna, Pratiprasthatri, Brahmanâkkhamsin, Prastotri; 3. Akkhâvâka, Neshtri, Agnidhra, Pratihartri; 4. Potri, Subrahmanya, Gravash/ut, Netri. Medh. gives the total as 112, and the shares as 56, 28, 16, 12; Gov., Kull., Nár., and Ragh. the total as 100, and the shares as 48, 24, 16, 8. But Nand. says that the total of the fee, whatever it may be, shall be divided into 25 shares, and the several classes shall receive 12, 6, 4, and 3 such shares respectively. See also Âsv. Srauta-sutra IX, 4, 3-5. The rule, given in this verse, applies to all ordinary cases.
211. Yâgñ. II, 259, 265. I. e. each is to be paid according to the amount of work which he performs.
212. For a pious purpose,' i. e. 'for a sacrifice or a wedding' (Medh.).
213. Samsâdhayet,'tries to enforce (the fulfilment of the promise),' i. e.' by a complaint before the king' (Medh.), or 'tries to obtain the money forcibly or refuses to return it'(Kull., Râgh., Gov.).
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