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 extended to other similar sacrifices. In this way, this text, though small, gives a very good introduction to the study of Vedic ritual, for it instructs the general system and structure of the Vedic sacrifices. In the present volume, the text is published with translation and exposition, which may be useful not only to the students of the Vedas, but also to the readers of other disciplines interested in the subject.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti
Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti (b. 1940), Fellow of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, son of late Nibaran Chandra Chakrabarti, secured 1st class and stood first in both B. A. Hons. In Sanskrit (C. U.). He was also Eshan Scholar. He obtained his Ph. D. degree in Sanskrit from C. U. he was formerly Head of the Dept. of Sanskrit, Professor and Director of the School of Vedic Studies, Rabindra Bharati University, Calcutta; presently, he is a Guest Lecturer in German, Calcutta University; Honorary Visiting Professor, Centre for Indoloical Studies and Research, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Calcutta. Prof. Chakrabarti's contributions do not speak in terms of numbers but in point of quality. His publications include The Paribhasas in the Srautasutras, Some Aspects of Vedic Studies (Ed), Buddhism and World Culture (Ed), the Value system as reflected in the Veda: Concept of Purusarthas, Brahmanasamgraha and many papers in felicitation volumes and journals of India and abroad. He was awarded Griffith Memorial Prize in Humanities, Calcutta University, 1983; an Award from M. S. Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratisthan, Ministry of Human Resource Development, 2000; Rising Personalities of India Award, International Penguin Publishing House, Delhi, 2003; Sanskrit Day Award 2004, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Calcutta.
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