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PÂRASKARA-GRIHYA-SOTRA.
from the sacrament (of initiation) and from being taught the Veda.
43. Of such persons those who desire to receive the sacrament, may perform the sacrifice of Vrâtyastoma and then study the Veda, if they like. For (of persons who have done that it is said, “Intercourse with them is permitted.'
KANDIKÂ 6. 1. When he has finished the Veda, he should take the bath (by which he becomes a Snataka);
2. Or when (he has gone through) a studentship of forty-eight years;
3. Or also after (a studentship) of twelve years, according to some (teachers).
4. (Let him take the bath only) if his Guru has given his permission.
5. Rules (regarding the performance of sacrifices), (texts) to be used (at the sacrifices according to those rules), and reasoning (on the meaning of the rites and texts): that is the Veda.
6. Some say (that the Veda should be studied) with its six Angas;
stated in Sätra 41. But if the omission has been perpetuated through three generations, the descendant of such persons is subject to the rules stated in Sutras 42 and 43.
43. Kâtyâyana, after having given the rules on the Vrâtyastoma sacrifice (see Weber, Indische Literaturgeschichte, 2nd edition, pp. 73 seq.), says: 'Intercourse with them (who have performed that sacrifice) is permitted' (Sraut. XXII, 4, 28).
6, 2. See above, chap. 5, 13. 3. See chap. 5, 14. 5. The expressions of the text for the three categories are, vidhi, vidheya, tarka.
6. I. e. with the supplementary treatises on ritual, grammar, astronomy, etymology, pronunciation of the Mantras, and metrics.
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