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Structure
Divided into 30 Praśna-s (Books)
Table of contents
—Āpastamba Śrauta Sutra (Praśna-s 1–24): Instructions for Vedic sacrifices.
—Paribhāṣā, Pravara, and Hautraka (Praśna 25): General rules, ancestral lineage details and prayers.
—Āpastamba Gṛhya Sūtra (Praśna-s 26–27): Focus on domestic rituals and rites of passage.
—Āpastamba Dharma Sūtra (Praśna-s 28–29): Outlines law, ethics and the duties of different social classes.
—Āpastamba Śulba Sūtra (Praśna 30): Mathematical and geometric principles required to construct sacrificial altars.
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