Āśvalāyana
historical figure · 1 work · 7 mentions · 16 anchored passages
in the texts
Vīramitrodaya
A ritualist-authority quoted on the fortnight and lunar mansion appropriate for tonsure, thread ceremony, and marriage, and on the aṣṭakā rites.
" Āśvalāyana states their application:
From the sūtra of Āśvalāyana, which begins with "On Śrāvaṇī Paurṇamāsī, the Śravaṇākarma," and says, "when the sun has set, having cooked the *sthālīpāka*.
Āśvalāyana, however, having begun the Upākarma with "Now, the Upākarma of the Vedas, when the herbs have appeared, on the fifth of Śrāvaṇa or with Hasta," says, "they call it the annual rite.