Changes

Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 363: Line 363:     
The Samhita of the Taittiriyas is available and the oldest commentary on it is that of Bhattabhaskara Misra.<ref name=":13" />
 
The Samhita of the Taittiriyas is available and the oldest commentary on it is that of Bhattabhaskara Misra.<ref name=":13" />
 +
 +
Patanjali says that the Kathaka literature was read in every villages. Patanjali says that the Katha literature is very vast. The Katha literature The Kathaka Sathhita is available,
 +
 +
It has five Khandas which are called Ithimika, Madhyamika^
 +
 +
QramiM, Yajyanuvakya and ASvamedhagrantha. The tSthSnakas
 +
 +
are its subdivisions. The total number of the Sthanakas is 4o, of
 +
 +
the anuvacanas 13, of the Anuvakas 843 and of the Manias 3093.
 +
 +
The Kathaka- Brahmana is not available in its entirety. Only
 +
 +
fragments of it have been edited and published. The existence
 +
 +
of a KS|haka Aranyaka is also argued. It is probable that the
 +
 +
Ka|has may also have had tlieir parallel Aranyaka which
 +
 +
contained kindred matter. The well-known Kafha-Upanisad
 +
 +
belongs to this Sakha. The Kathaka Grhya-sutra is available.
 +
 +
This Grhya-sutra bears different names i.e. Kathaka-Grhya-sutra t
 +
 +
Caraka-Grhya-sutra and Laugaks!*Grhya-sutra. It seems quite
 +
 +
possible that because these names belong to the Caiaka-group of
 +
 +
the Yajurvedic schools and they have no separate Grhya-sutras,
 +
 +
so they called this Grhyasutra by various names. Laugaksi may
 +
 +
be a follower of the Katha school and he composed a Grhya-
 +
 +
sutra for the Kathaka Sakha.
 +
 
===Organization===
 
===Organization===
 
All about Hinduism - Swami Sivananda
 
All about Hinduism - Swami Sivananda

Navigation menu