Sambodhi 1979 Vol 08

SR No.: 520758
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dalsukh Malvania, H C Bhayani, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1979
Total Pages: 392
Language: English, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Sambodhi, & India
File Size: 8 MB

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Surabhi Sheth
that with Upanayana samskāra, one gets the right to perfrom religious duties, and adds that the smsti is also to that effect.27 All the smrtis agree with the opinion of Apastamba. Again, Apastamba refers to Manu as the founder of the institution of śråddha.28 But this Manu seems to be the mythical progenitor of mankind and not the author of Manusmrti.
om which quotation made in all the sun come. Though the passo
Apastamba and Purāpas :
Āpastamba quotes verses from a purāņa.29 The Dharma-sūtra quotes passages from a 'Purana' as authorities for its rules and in one place gives in prose the view of a purāņa.30 This seems to be a summary of a verse in Baudhayana, and Vasiştha.31 În one place Apastamba mentions by name Bhavisyat Purāna from which quotation is taken.32 References to Purăņa and quotations from Purānas are generally made in all the sutras but Apastambą seems to be the only sūtrakāra mentioning a purāņa by name. Though the passage, quoted by Apastamba from the Bhavişya-Purāna is not available in the present copy of it. Still considering that the titles are similar and also the fact that mostly all the Purāṇas have been remodelled, it is quite likely that Apastamba's authority was the original on which the existing Upapurāna is based. Thus the occurrence of the name of a special Purāņa is quite important for the history of the Purāṇas and the Āpastamba-Dharma-sutras.
The Āp. again quotes two verses from a Purāņa when he describes how the cighty thousand sages who wanted progeny went to south by Aryaman's path and the other group of the eighty thousand sages who did not want any progeny went to north by Aryaman's path.33
In one place Apastamba34 states that the knowledge that exists traditionally among women and sūdras is the farthest limit of vidya and it is said to be a supplement of the Atharvaveda. This seems to be a reference to Arthaśastra which according to caranavyuha is the upareda of the Atharva, veda.
Though the Ap. Dh. S. is mainly in prose, there are some verses too. Some of the verses are given as quotations from other sources and are introduced with the words 'udaharanti' or 'athäpyudāharanti' or 'upadiśanti.' Some of them have a close resemblance to Baudhayana and Manu.35 While describing the propriety of eating at a sraddha dinner it is said that the life of the mother of that person who eats on this occasion with his face turned in, is shortened, therefore the suggestion is that those whose mothers are alive should not eat on sueh occasion.36 The rules about a sannya. sin are also described in a similar way.37 Āp. also once quotes in the discussion on niyoga that the bride is given to the family of her husband