Apastamba Grhyasutra

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Here is a note on the 'Tatparyadarshana' commentary on the Apastamba

Grhyasutra by Sudarsanasuri. I have NOT summarized the text, since

such an endeavor is meaningless for such works. Only some random notes

for general information

 

Vishal

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Shastri, A. Mahadeva; Apastamba Grhya Sutra with the Commentary of Sri

Sudarsanacarya; Oriental Research Institute Series-160, Oriental

Research Institute, Mysore; 1987. Reprint of first edition in 1896

 

Sudarasana Suri wrote a lucid commentary entitled 'Tatyparyadarshana'

on the Apastamba Grhyasutras. The author not only explains the meaning

of the words of the sutras, but also introduces topics related to

subject under discussion. He often quotes varying interpretations of

the sutras (notably those of Haradatta) and refutes them. Suri seems

to be following the interpretation of Kapardiswamin, whom he salutes

in the introductory verses as a knower of the meaning and a

commentator of the Vedas. Kapardiswamin's commentary on the Apastamba

Grhyasutra is no longer extant (although his interpretations of the

sutra and points not treated in detail in the sutras are available as

a collection of verses called the Kapardi Karikas). In fact, at the

end of his commentary on Patala IV of the Sutra, Sudarsana Suri

indicates that Kapardi Bhashya was rare even in his own days. As in

his other works, Sudarsana Suri quotes a number of Vedic and other

texts in his commentary- Taittiriya Samhita/Brahmana/Aranyaka,

Taittiriya Kandanukramani, Taittiriya Pratisakhya, Aitareya Brahmana,

Manusmriti, Yajnavalkya Smriti, Baudhayana Grhyasutra, Gautama

Dharmasutra, Vasishtha Dharmasutra, Apastamba Paribhasha, Apastamba

Srautasuta, Apastamba Dharmasutra, Hiranyakeshin Grhyasutra,

Bharadvaja Grhyasutra, Katyayana Srautrasutra, Asvalayana Grhyasutra,

Vishnu Smrit, Daksha Smriti, Brhaspati Smrti, Laugakshi Smriti, Vyasa

Smriti, Brihatprachetasa Smrti, Nirukta, Ashtadhyayi, Ganapatha, Purva

Mimamsa Sutra, Vishnu Purana, Tantravarttika of Bhatta Kumarila,

Smrtyarthasara, Bharuchi's Manubhashya. Kapardi is quoted by name

under sutra 1.7 alone and as Bhashykara under 20.5 etc. but it is

clear that elsewhere too, Sudarshana Suri is indebted to Guhadeva,

especially when reviewing alternate interpretations of the sutras.

Sudarsanasuri wrote a bhashya on the Apastambamantrapatha as well.

This collection of Mantras is pre-supposed by Apastamba Grhyasutra.

According to the Kandanukramani, the Mantrapatha is an integral

portion of the Taittiriya Veda (as 'Ekagnikanda') but currently, it

forms two Prasnas between the Srautasutra and Grhyasutra of Apastamba.