1866.] A notice of the Caunaha Smriti. 159 



8. Grihamadbye* tamadaya carum hutva vidhanatah. 

 Yastva hridetyricacaiva tubhyam agra ricaikaya.f 



9. Soiuo dadadityetabhih pratyricam pancabhistatha. 

 Svisbtakridadibomam ca kritvaj cesham samapayet. 



10. Brahmananam sapindeshu kartavyab putrasamgrabab. 

 Tadalabhesapindeshu§ anyatva tu na karayet. 



11. Xatriyanani svajatau va guvugotre samepi va.|| 

 Vafcyanani vaicyajateshu^[ cudranam cudrajatishu. 



12. Sarvesham caiva varnanam jatishveva na canyatab. 

 Dauhitram bbagineyam va cudranam capi dapayet.* 



13. Naikaputrena kavtavyam putradanam kadacana. 

 Bahuputrena kartavyam putradanam prayatnatah. 



14. Daxinam gurave dadyad-yathacaktif dvijottamah. 

 Nripoi rasbtrardbamevapi§ vaicyo vittacatatrayam.|| 



15. Qudrab sarvasvamevapi acaktacced yathabalam. 

 Iti caunakakarikayam putrapai'igrahavidhih. 



1. I, Qaunaka, will declare tbe most excellent (rule) for adopting 

 a son. A person who has no son, or whose son has died, should fast 

 (on the day preceding the ceremony) for the sake of a son. 



2. (He then should) place (in readiness^") two garments (upper 



* Adhyetamadhaya ; Datt. num., Datt. chanda — grihametyedhmaniadaya, 

 i. e. having returned home and placed fuel on the fire ; S'aun. kar. 



f Yatvahridetyricenaiva. Datt. num. yastvahritetyricacaiva. Datt. chand. 

 yastvahridetidvabhyam tu. Samsh. Kaust. 



£ Hutva. ; Vyav. May. — cesham ca kritva, homam samapayet. Samsk. Kaust. 

 § Asapindo va,, Vyav. May. Datt. num. 



j| Gurugotrasamopi va ; Vyav. May. gurugotrasamepi va. Samsk. Kaust. 

 % S'udrajatishu S'aun. karika and Vyav. May. against the metre. 



* Caryadi ; S'aun. kar. The reading in itself is senseless ; but seems to 

 point back to capi daypayet. The reading given in the text is made up from 

 this and the Samsk. Kaust. " S'ddranamapi dapayet." The readings of the 

 other works differ very much from ours : — 



Dauhitro bha°-ineyacca \ % i .\' 

 ° J » ( cudraistu, 



Pi ca dfyate "J Vyav. May. 



Kriyate sutah j Da,tt. mim. Datt. chand. 



After this verse, Datt. mim. page 19, line 12, insert half a S'loka : brahma- 

 nidi traye nasti bhagine — yah sutah kvacit, i. e. amongst the three castes 

 beginning with the Brahman, a sister's son is nowhere adopted. The half verse 

 is quite superfluous. 



f Dattva. S'an. kar., Vyav. May. 



X Nripa ; Datt. mim. 



§ Evatha ; Datt. mim. Datt. chand. 



|| Ratnacatadvayam ; Samsk. Kaust. 



% Borradaile translates according to the prayoga given in the Mayukha : 

 having given two pieces of cloth to a priest But the verb da does 



