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The Apastamba Dharmasutra is the 28th and 29th prashna of this compilation, [16] while the first 24 prashnas are about Shrautasutras (vedic rituals), 25th is an ancillary mantra section, 26th and 27th are Grihyasutras (householder rites of passage), and the last or the 30th prashna is a Shulbasutra (mathematics for altar building).
Patrick Olivelle suggests that Apastamba Dharmasutra is the oldest of the extant texts in Dharmasutra genre and one by Gautama second oldest, while Robert Lingat suggests that Gautama Dharmasutra is the oldest. [35] [30] There is confusion regarding the geographical provenance of these documents.
The Dharmasūtra of Baudhāyana like that of Apastamba also forms a part of the larger Kalpasutra. Likewise, it is composed of praśnas which literally means 'questions' or books. The structure of this Dharmasūtra is not very clear because it came down in an incomplete manner.
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The Apastamba Dharmasutra allows a man to take a new wife after ten years if his present wife was judged to be barren, and could marry after thirteen or fourteen years if his wife only produced daughters, and he desired a son.
Apastamba Dharmasutra (c. 600 BCE) Pāṇini (c. 520–460 BCE) Kātyāyana (fl. c. 300 BCE) Akṣapada Gautama(c. 600 BCE–200 CE) Bharata Muni (200 BCE-200 CE) Pingala (c. 3rd/2nd century BCE) Bhadrabahu (367 – 298 BCE) Umasvati (c. 200 CE) Yavaneśvara (2nd century) Vasishtha Siddhanta, 4th century CE
The term upavita was originally meant to be any upper garment, as stated in verse 2.2.4.22–2.2.4.23 of Apastamba Dharmasutra or, if the wearer did not want to wear a top, a thread would suffice. [10] The thread identified a person who was studying at a school or had graduated.
The Gautama Dharmashastra, Apastamba Dharmasutra and Yājñavalkya Smṛti, as examples, all suggest that dharma comes first and is more important than artha and kama.