kalp (vedaang)
kalp ved ke chhah angon (vedaangon) mein ek hai jo karmakaandon ka vivran deta hai . anya vedaang hain- shiksha (praatishaakhyaadi), vyaakaran, nirukt, chhandashaastr aur jyotish. anek vaidik aitihaasikon ke mat se kalpagranth ya kalpasootr shat vedaangon mein praacheenatam aur vaidik saahitya ke adhik nikat hain. shat vedaangon mein kalp ka vishisht mahatva hai - kyonki janm, upanayan, vivaah, antyeshti aur yagya jaise vishay ismein vihit hain .
anukram
parichay
ved aur vedaang ki bhaarateeya itihaas mein badi charcha hai. sanhita (mantra sanhita), braahman, aaranyak aur upanishd (mukhya aur praacheen) ved hain tatha shiksha, kalp, vyaakaran, nirukt, chhandashaastr aur jyotish–chhah vedaang hain.
kalp ka taatparya hai - 'ved (sanhita, braahman, aaranyakaadi) vihit karmo, anushthaanon ka kramapoorvak kalpana karanevaala shaastr ya granth'.
- kalpo vedavihitaanaan karmanamaanupoorvyen kalpanaashaastram (rigvedapraatishaakhya ki vargadvayavrutti).
kalpasootron ka pratipaadya vishay
vaidik gyaan, karm aur parampara ki jo dhaara durbodhya ya abodhya ho rahi thi us parampara ko surakshit rakhane evam navodbhav jnyaaanaadi ke saath unka saamanjasya baithaane mein in vaidik kalpasootron ka bada yogadaan raha hai. aage dhaarmik smrutiyon ne usi disha mein bahut kuchh kaarya kiya. vaidik shaakhaaon ke anuyaayi tapovan aashramavaasi rishi aachaaryon ke aashramon mein hi in kalpasootron ka nirmaan hua. inmein vaidik aaryon ke puraayugeen paarivaarik, dhaarmik yaajnyaik evam saamajik jeevan mein un karmadharmaadi ka niroopan kiya gaya jiske kaaran aaj bhi poorvavaidikyugeen aaryon ki jeevanacharya, samaaj evam aachaaravichaar ki gatividhi ka hamein gyaan ho paata hai.
bhed
in kalpasootron ka pradhaan pratipaadya vishay hai sanskaaron, yajnyaon aur varnaashram dharmon ki vyaakhya, vidhividhaan tatha anushthaanacharya. inheen ke aadhaar par kalpasootron ka teen mukhya vargo mein vibhaajan kiya gaya hai–
- (1) shrautasootr,
- (2) gruhyasootr aur
- (3) dharmasootr
iske atirikt shulbasootr bhi ek bhed hain.
shrautasootr
shrautasootron mein shrutipratipaadit darsh, paurnamaasya, chaaturmaasya, somayaag, vaajapeya, raajasooya, ashvamedh aadi shraut yajnyaon ka aur unke anushtheya karmakaandeeya vidhividhaanon ka kramabaddh varnan hai. aaj upalabdh praaya: pratyek ved aur usaki pratyek shaakha ke alag-alag shraut sootr hain. dhaarmik drushti se in shrautasootron ka vishesh mahatva hai. aitihaasik kram mein ye yagya dheere-dheere aprachalit hote ja rahe hain, parantu bhaarateeya aaryon ke saanskruti itihaas ki drushti se inka mahatva aaj bhi akshunn bana hua hai.
gruhyasootr
gruhyasootron mein gruhasth jeevan sambandhi sanskaaron aur gruhaagni mein sampann honevaale yajnyaon ke (upanayan, udvaah aadi ke) vidhaan, anushthaan aadi ka vivran milta hai. paarvanayajnya, pitruyajnyaaadi sapt gruhyajnyaon, devayajnyaaadi panch mahaayajnyaon tatha shodash hindu sanskaaron ka vidhividhaan in gruhyasootron mein varnit hai. pratyek ved aur shaakha ke gruhyasootr bhi pruthak-pruthak hain.
dharmasootr
dharmasootron mein saamaajik aachaar-vichaar tatha varnon evam aashramon se sambaddh dharmakarmaachaaron ke vishay mein vidhinishedhon tatha kartavyaakartavyon ka vaidikkaaleen svaroop varnit hai. raajadharm, shaasanavyavastha, raaja-praja-dharm-dharm aadi ka bhi varnan yahaaain mil jaata hai. dand aadi ke vidhaan bhi yahaaain varnit hain. aachaar vishyak niyamon se inka sambandh tha aur varnaashramaachaar tatha saamaajik aacharan ke liye dharmasootron ko pramaan maana jaata tha. dharmasootron ka gruhyasootron ke varnya vishay se varnadharmon evam aashramadharmon ke sandarbh mein niktata bhi lakshit hoti hai. inmein sanskaaron ki charcha yadyapi yatratatr hi hui hai tathaapi varnaashramaachaar sambandhi vidhinishedhon ka niroopan inka mukhya lakshya tha. anek dharmasootr granth aaj bhi upalabdh hain aur unamein bhi adhikaansh prakaashit hain. vibhinn dharmasootron ke saath vedashaakhaaon ke dharmasootron ka kumaaril bhatt ke tantravaartik mein ullekh milta hai.
shulbasootr
shulbasootron mein yagya-nimittak
sandarbh granth
- pan॰ baladev upaadhyaaya : vaidik saahitya aur sanskruti;
- vaachaspati gairola : sanskrut saahitya ka itihaas;
- dau॰ raajavansh sahaaya 'heera' : sanskrut saahityakosh.
inhein bhi dekhein
- dharmasootr
- shrautasootr
- gruhyasootr
- shulbasootr
- kalpasootr (jain) - jain dharmagranth
- smaart sootr
- meemaansa