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The Brahmanas, a part of the Vedas, "are compendiums of ancient Indian culture and civilisation in its multifarious aspects. "Knowledge of the Brahmanas is a part of the qualification for the M.A. degree in Sanskrit. The students appearing in this examination are put to much inconvenience for want of suitable selections from the voluminous Brahmanas. Because of this pressing demand for such a publication from students and teachers, the present volume ...
Apastamba Samanya Sutra (or Yajnaparibhasa Sutra) is a part (XXXIV. 1-4) of the Apastamba Srauta Sutra. Some of the rules of interpretation given in our text apply to the Apastamba Srautasutra in particular, whereas the others apply to the Vedic system of ritual in general. They provide clues to the abbreviations and unspecified details, determine relative importance of various elements of a sacrifice, and decide how the details of a model sacrifice may be ...