Apastamba-Samanya-Sutra or Yajnaparibhasa Sutra/edited by Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti. Kolkata, The Asiatic Society, 2006, xxx, 146 p. 

    Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. 1. Text. 2. Translation and exposition. 3. Appendices. Index. Bibliography. Glossary.

    "Apastamba Samanya Sutra (or Yajnaparibhasa Sutra) is a part (XXIV, 1-4) of the Apastamba Srauta Sutra. Some of the rules of interpretation given in our text apply to the Apastamba Srauta Sutra 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." (jacket)

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