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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Apastamba Dharma-sútra and its Predecessors
and not to the husband alone.38 This view upholds the costom of niyoga which Āp, rejects. It also quotes an opinion that if a brāhmaṇa commits adultery, with a married woman, he should perform 1/4th of the penance prescribed for an outcast i.e. for an outcast the expiation is prescribed for twelve years, whereas a brahmin should perform it for three years,39
Apastamba and 'Eke'
Āpastamba frequently refers to the view of his predecessors in the words 'Eke' (I. 2,37, 38,41; I. 4.17; I. 5+20, I. 6.4, 1.9.3, 1.11.3) and 'aparam' (II. 15.22). It is somewhat remarkable that in many cases where 'eke' occurs, the views are those which are either held by Gautama or ascribed by him also to others, e. g. cf. Ap. I. 2.38 with Gaut. I. 23, Ap. I. 2.41 and Gaut. I. 19, Āp. I. 5.20 and Gaut. I. 54–59, Ap. I. 9.3 and Gaut. 16.34.
Thus about the girdle that a brahmcārin should wear, Apastamba states that it be made of wool for a Vaiśya but quotes that it be made of sira i.e. the rope of the bull or tamāla tree.co Apastamba specifies the material for daņda of brahmacārins belonging to different varņas but quotes the opinion of some ācāryas who recommend any sacrificial tree fit for making the danda. Apastamba prescribes different materials for the kaupina of the brahmacārins of different varṇas and quotes the opinion of some that for a brahmin a kaupina of kaşāya-tawny colour - is recommended.42 In the sūtra I, 4.16, Apastamba quotes the authority of the Grhyasūtras and states that the agnipūjā should be done in the morning and evening but then quotes the opinion of some ācāryas that it should be done in the evenings only.43 In the rules on abhivādana he quotes the opinion of some that besides greeting the elders, he should also clasp the feet of gurus on all occasions.44 About how the upasamgrahaņa be performed, Apastamba says that he should touch the teacher's right foot with his right hand below and above and then take hold of the foot and the ankle and then quotes the opinion of some Ācāryas that he must press both feet, each with both hands and embrace them.45 Āpastamba says that a student should not stretch his feet towards his teacher but quotes that according to some Ācāryas, it is not sinful to stretch out the feet towards the teacher if he is lying on a bed. 46 According to Apastamba, a pupil should not refer to his Guru by name but quotes the opinion of some Ācāryas that a pupil may address a pupil of his teacher by pronouncing his name if he is also one of the pupil's own gurus.47 While discussing the topic of dakşiņã' to be paid to a teacher, Apastamba states that a student can collect the fee from an ūgra or a sūdra only if the teacher has fallen in distress but quotes the opinion of some teachers that it is lawful at any time to take