Shrauta Sutras

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Hindu scripture Sutra literature Vedic text corpus ritual manual

The Shrauta Sutras are a corpus of ancient Vedic ritual manuals that systematically prescribe the performance of elaborate public sacrifices and ceremonies in the śrauta tradition.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Srautasutras	1
Vedic sacrifice	1
Śrauta tradition	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hindu scripture ⓘ Sutra literature ⓘ Vedic text corpus ⓘ ritual manual ⓘ
associatedWith	Atharvaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Rigveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaveda NERFINISHED ⓘ Yajurveda NERFINISHED ⓘ śrauta tradition ⓘ
describes	Agnicayana ritual ⓘ Agnihotra ritual ⓘ Ashvamedha sacrifice ⓘ Gavāmayana sacrifice ⓘ Rajasuya sacrifice NERFINISHED ⓘ Soma sacrifice ⓘ Vajapeya sacrifice ⓘ Vedic public sacrifices ⓘ royal consecration rituals ⓘ solemn fire rituals ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	domestic ritual texts ⓘ
focus	public and large-scale sacrifices ⓘ
function	codification of Vedic sacrificial practice ⓘ prescription of ritual procedure ⓘ
genre	Kalpa literature ⓘ
hasPart	Baudhāyana Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Bharadvāja Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Drāhyāyana Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Jaiminīya Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Kātyāyana Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Lāṭyāyana Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mānava Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Satyāshāḍha Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaikhānasa Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vādhūla Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vārāha Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ Āpastamba Shrauta Sutra NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later Hindu ritual theory ⓘ
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
method	sutra-style aphoristic prose ⓘ
partOf	Kalpa Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Dharma Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ Gṛhya Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ Śulba Sutras NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Hinduism ⓘ Vedic religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
script	Devanagari (in most modern editions) ⓘ
studiedIn	Indology ⓘ Vedic studies ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 8th–4th century BCE (approximate scholarly range) ⓘ late Vedic period ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Samhita → associatedConcept → Shrauta Sutras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vedic sacrifice

Grihyasutras → relatedTo → Shrauta Sutras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Srautasutras

Somayajna → scripturalBasis → Shrauta Sutras ⓘ

Paippalada → tradition → Shrauta Sutras ⓘ

this entity surface form: Śrauta tradition