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Grhyasutras (गृह्यसूत्राणि) (view source)
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== Authors and Commentators ==
== Authors and Commentators ==
Grhyasutras are associated with the particular Vedas and more intricately with the Veda shakas. Following is the list of Grhyasutras including both published and unpublished works.<ref name=":0" />
Unequivocally scholars opine that the composition of the Grhyasutras did not happen all at one time point and that the final form of texts available at present, involved at least four stages of compilation at various time points.
# Beginning time
# Time during which the Sutras were present in oral tradition
# Time when mantras were used as per the tradition of a particular Veda shaka
# Compilation of various grhyasutras
During the early period and mantra period, people followed the Grhyakarmas easily without much need to write them down. Gradually as the complexity of the grhyakarmas grew, the task of compiling them was taken up by the Guru-shishya paramparas of that Veda shaka and they became the repositories of the Grhyasutras which were memorized and handed down over generations. Further as time passed with increasing changes in the local microenvironments, population growth, and geographical differences there came about new activities which came to be included in the Grhyasutras. As the differences widened they came to be specialized vidhis of Veda shakas and could not be be grouped under the Vedas themselves, bringing about the compilation of shaka-based Grhyasutras.<ref name=":1" />
Thus Grhyasutras are associated with the particular Vedas but more intricately with the Veda shakas. The most important of these texts include 19 extant texts; Ashvalayana, Shankhayana, Kaushitaki, Baudhayana, Manava, Bharadvaja, Apastamba, Kathaka, Agniveshya, Hiranyakeshi, Vaaraha, Vaikhanasa, Paraskara, Gobhila, Kauthuma, Khadira, Drahyayana, Jaiminiya, and Kaushika.<ref name=":1" />(Check on Drahyayana)
Following is the list of Grhyasutras including both published and unpublished works.<ref name=":0" />
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== Subject-matter of Grhyasutras ==
== Subject-matter of Grhyasutras ==
The importance of traditions and social conditions came to be highlighted in the Grhyasutra texts. Until then the Shrauta sutras paid complete attention to the yajnas that were prevalent with less importance to the existing domestic rites. Grhyasutras brought out the Loka-dharmas (socio-economic traditions) in the village and town environment of that society. Apastamba, and Paraskara have compiled various such prevalent laukika traditions, and such information should be collected from the elderly women in the villages. Ashvalayana ghyasutras mention this point as follows<ref name=":1">Pt. Baldev Upadhyaya (1997) ''Samskrit Vangmay ka Brhad Itihas, Dvitiya Khand - Vedang.'' Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Samskrit Sansthan (Page 42)</ref><blockquote>अथ खलूच्चावचा जनपदधर्मा ग्रामधर्माश्च तान्विवाहे प्रतीयात् १ (Asvh. Grhy. Sutr. 1.7.1)<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>During marriage, the various dharmas followed in the villages and towns have to be adhered to.
The importance of traditions and social conditions came to be highlighted in the Grhyasutra texts. Until then the Shrauta sutras paid complete attention to the yajnas that were prevalent with less importance to the existing domestic rites. Grhyasutras brought out the Loka-dharmas (socio-economic traditions) in the village and town environment of that society. Apastamba, and Paraskara have compiled various such prevalent laukika traditions, and such information should be collected from the elderly women in the villages. Ashvalayana ghyasutras mention this point as follows<ref name=":1">Pt. Baldev Upadhyaya (1997) ''Samskrit Vangmay ka Brhad Itihas, Dvitiya Khand - Vedang.'' Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Samskrit Sansthan (Page 42-44)</ref><blockquote>अथ खलूच्चावचा जनपदधर्मा ग्रामधर्माश्च तान्विवाहे प्रतीयात् १ (Asvh. Grhy. Sutr. 1.7.1)<ref name=":2" /></blockquote>During marriage, the various dharmas followed in the villages and towns have to be adhered to.
Broadly the subject of Grhyasutras can be listed out as follows.
Broadly the subject of Grhyasutras can be listed out as follows.
# Social Organization (Varnas and Ashrama Systems)
# Social Organization (Varnas and Ashrama Systems)