Essay name: Kausika Sutra (study)
Author:
V. Gopalan
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay studies in English the Kausika Sutra鈥攁n important accessory text of the Atharvaveda. The Kausikasutra primarily deals with medicinal and Abhicara practices alongside Grihyasutras themes. Being part of the Saunakiya school, it is considered the earliest and most essential among the five Sutra works, influencing subsequent texts.
The First Adhyaya (chapter)鈥擲amhita Vidhi
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The Kart峁� washes his face reciting tejo'si and starts
uttering Visnoh kramo'si... (AV
on the three Vi峁ａ箛ukrama鹿鹿
10.5.25).
Reciting the five verses, suryasy膩v峁泃am... (AV 10.5.
37-41) circumambulation from the right side of the fire is
12 Uttering aganma sva岣�... (AV 16.9.3) the Sun is
looked at by the Kart峁�, coming out of the agnigraha.
done.
Reciting indrasya vacasa... (VI 85.2 ) the vessel of
water is carried around in every direction on the west of
fire. The Yajam膩na standing on the northern part of Agni
sprinkles himself with water reciting apo hi s峁� mayobhuva岣�...
(AV 1.5). Then, placing a blade of grass on the palms of
his wife, the Yajamana conducts the water Vessel into her
joined hands reciting either samudram va岣� prahi峁噊mi... (AV
10.5.23) or ida峁� jan膩sa... (AV 1.32.1). The wife also washes
13 her face with her wet right hand reciting virapatnyaham
bh奴y膩sam. Fuel stick is placed on the fire with the utterance
of vrat膩ni vratapataye. The fire is sprinkled with oblations
with the utterance of Satyam tvartena... and the Kart峁�
accepts the udgrhitahavi艣艣ista. The sacrificial fee here
is said to be the p奴r峁嘺p膩tra.'
14 Thus the dar艣ap奴r峁嘺m膩sa sacrifices 15 have been fully
detailed in the Kau艣.
