Kāśyapa Samhitā
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Swami Harshananda
Kāśyapa Samhitā is a dharmasutra work. It is attributed to the sage Kaśyapa. It is quoted by other writers like Baudhāyana (600-300 B. c.) and later writers. The work is not available now.
Topics in Kāśyapa Samhitā[edit]
It seems to have dealt with the usual topics of dharmaśāstras that includes:
- Daily duties
- Śrāddha - obsequial rites
- Aśauca - ceremonial impurity
- Prāyaścitta - expiation for sins
Topics in Kaśyapasmrti[edit]
Kaśyapasmrti is a manuscript recovered few years back. It is in prose and deals with:
- Duties of the householders
- Expiation for polluting public places like wells, ponds and temples
- Expiation for killing cows and other animals
- Expiation for other sins
- Rules concerning mourning after death
- Purification of vessels of wood
- Metal
References[edit]
- The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore