Grihyasutras

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Hindu religious text Smriti text Sutra literature Vedic ancillary text

Grihyasutras are ancient Hindu ritual texts that prescribe domestic rites and ceremonies, particularly those related to household life and life-cycle rituals.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Apastamba Dharmasutra	1
Apastamba Grihyasutra	1
Asvalayana Grihyasutra	1
Gobhilya Grihyasutra	1
Grihya Sutras	1
Grihyasutras canonical	1
Khādira Grihyasutra	1
Paraskara Grihyasutra	1
Shankhayana Grihyasutra	1
Shaunakiya Gṛhyasūtra (attributed)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu religious text ⓘ Smriti text ⓘ Sutra literature ⓘ Vedic ancillary text ⓘ
aim	regulation of household religious life ⓘ
associatedWith	Atharvaveda ⓘ Rigveda ⓘ Samaveda ⓘ Yajurveda ⓘ
basedOn	Vedic tradition ⓘ
contrastedWith	Srauta rituals ⓘ
describes	birth rituals ⓘ domestic rites ⓘ funeral rites ⓘ household rituals ⓘ initiation rituals ⓘ life-cycle rituals ⓘ marriage rituals ⓘ naming ceremonies ⓘ samskaras ⓘ
focusesOn	householder stage of life ⓘ
genre	ritual manual ⓘ
hasPart	Grihyasutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Apastamba Grihyasutra Grihyasutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Asvalayana Grihyasutra Baudhayana Dharmasutra ⓘ surface form: Baudhayana Grihyasutra Grihyasutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gobhilya Grihyasutra Grihyasutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Khādira Grihyasutra Grihyasutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Paraskara Grihyasutra Grihyasutras self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shankhayana Grihyasutra
influenced	later Hindu law literature ⓘ later Hindu ritual practice ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
laterWrittenDown	manuscript form ⓘ
partOf	Smriti literature ⓘ surface form: Kalpa literature
prescribes	daily domestic rituals ⓘ fire rituals in the home ⓘ offerings to household deities ⓘ rules of conduct for householders ⓘ
relatedTo	Dharmasutras ⓘ Shulbasutras ⓘ Shrauta Sutras ⓘ surface form: Srautasutras
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
scope	domestic sphere rather than public sacrifice ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ late Vedic period ⓘ
tradition	Brahmanical tradition ⓘ
transmission	oral tradition ⓘ

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Description of subject: Grihyasutras are ancient Hindu ritual texts that prescribe domestic rites and ceremonies, particularly those related to household life and life-cycle rituals.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dharmashastras → relatedTo → Grihyasutras ⓘ

Smriti literature → includes → Grihyasutras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apastamba Dharmasutra

Shaunakiya → hasComponent → Grihyasutras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shaunakiya Gṛhyasūtra (attributed)