THE

SACRED LAWS OF THE ARYAS

AS TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS OF

APASTAMBA, GUATAMA, VASISHTHA,

AND BAUDHAYANA

TRANSLATED BY

GEORG BÜLER.

PART I

APASTAMBA AND GAUTAMA

(1879)

Sacred Books of the East, Volume II

F. Max Müller, editor

(The Dharma Sutras)

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION TO ÂPASTAMBA

INTRODUCTION TO GAUTAMA

ÂPASTAMBA'S APHORISMS ON THE SACRED LAW.

General Rules
Initiation
Studentship
A Student who has returned Home
The Study of the Veda
A Student who has returned Home
Saluting
Purification
Eating, and Forbidden Food
Lawful Livelihood
Penance
Rules for a Snâtaka
The Duties of a Householder
Inheritance
Funeral Mations
The Four Orders
The King

GAUTAMA'S INSTITUTES OF THE SACRED LAW.

Initiation
Purification
Studentship
The Ascetic
The Hermit
The Householder
Saluting
Times of Distress
A King and Brâhmana versed in the Vedas
The Duties of a Snâtka
Lawful Occupations and Livelihood
The Duties of a King
Civil and Criminal Law
Witnesses
Impurity
Funeral Oblations
The Study of the Veda
Eating, and Forbidden Food
Women
Penances
Inheritance