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Genesis of Indian Civilization: The Evidence of Grhya Sutras

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Shrirama Indradeva
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The genesis of civilization has been an enigma for the historian and the social scientist. How does it happen that the homogenous stream of a tribal culture differentiates into the elite and folk traditions? The duality of cultural tradition in civilised societies is widely recognized and is designated by such paired terms as the classical and the lay, the aristocratic and the common, and the great and the little tradition of culture. Apart from architechtonic formulations of the philosophers of history and the various metaphysical and mythological models that we have inherited, this question has to be approached from an empiric angle on the basts of cultural data about ancient civilizations available to us.

Type
Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 21 , Issue 84 , December 1973 , pp. 25 - 40
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Copyright © 1973 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

References

1 Aśvalāyana Grhya Sutra IV, 8, 32.

2 Manava Grhya Sutra II, 14.

3 Vrddha Harita XI. 143.

4 Medhatithi II. 6.

5 Kurma Purana I. 12. 161, 162.

6 Rg Veda VIII. 19. 36. 37.

7 Atharva Veda V. 17. 8-9.

8 Sankhayana Grhya Sutra, I 17, 3.

9 Paraskara Grhya Sutra, I 4, 15.

10 Sankhayana Grhya Sutra, I, 18, 3. Paraskara Grhya Sutra I, 11, 2-4.

11 Paras. G. S. III, 13, 2-6.

12 San. G. S. I, 16, 8.

13 San. G. S. I, 17, 9.

14 San. G. S. I, 19, 6.

15 Para. I, 5, 11. Asva. G. S. I, 13, 2-4.

16 Hir. G. S. II I, 2, 3-5.

17 Jai. G. S. I, 5.

18 San. G. S. I, 20, 3-5, Hir G. S. II, 2, 6, Para. G. S. I, 14, 2-4.

19 Para. G. S. I, 14, 5.

20 Para. G. S. I, 15, 3-7.

21 Kāthaka Grhaya Sūtra XXXIII, 1-3.

22 The word Brahman refers both to the Vedic aphorisms and the myste rious power inherent in them.

23 Offerings made to forefathers during the Sraddha ceremony.

24 Paras. G. S. I, 16, 3-18.

25 Hiranyakesi Grhya-Sutra II, I, 4, 3-4.

26 This description strongly suggests Kali, who is now a goddess.

27 Para. G. S. I, 16, 23; Hira G. S. II, I, 3, 7.

28 Para. G. S. I, 19, 7-12.

29 Para. G. S. III, 7, 1-4.