Anadhyāya
idea · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
anadhyāya · anadhyāyas · suspension of study · temporary occasions for suspension of study
spoken of as
1 expressionThirty-seven occasions for suspension of Vedic study“anadhyāya”1 mention
Yājñavalkya Smṛti (Sanskrit)
While riding a donkey, camel, cart, elephant, horse, boat, or climbing a tree or mound of earth— these thirty-seven are known as temporary occasions for the suspension of study.
in the texts
Manusmṛti
The legal category of prohibited or suspended periods for Vedic study
The Rigveda has the gods as its deities;
There is an *anadhyāya* when a crowd of people is weeping.
A twice-born should diligently avoid two *anadhyāyas* always:
Yājñavalkya Smṛti
The catalogue of thirty-seven circumstances — deaths, omens, impurity, weather, animals, travel — under which Vedic study must be suspended.
While riding a donkey, camel, cart, elephant, horse, boat, or climbing a tree or mound of earth— these thirty-seven are known as temporary occasions for the suspension of study.
Upon hearing twilight thunder, a loud crash, an earthquake, or the fall of a meteor, one should stop study for a day and a night after finishing the Veda or reciting the Āraṇyaka.
For three days, there is no study upon the death of pupils, priests, teachers, or kinsmen, and likewise at the initiation and conclusion of Vedic study, and for a śrotriya of one's own branch.