Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana = Amarakośa · Chapter 2.6

saṃtatirgotrajananakulānyabhijanānvayau | atha brahmavargaḥ

vaṃśo 'nvavāyaḥ saṃtāno varṇāḥ syurbrāhmaṇādayaḥ

viprakṣatriyaviṭ śūdrāścāturvarṇyamiti smṛtam

rājabījī rājavaṃśyo bījyastu kulasaṃbhavaḥ

mahākulakulīnāryasabhyasajjanasādhavaḥ

brahmacārī gṛhī vānaprastho bhikṣuścatuṣṭaye

āśramo 'strī dvijātyagrajanmabhūdevavāḍavāḥ

vipraśca brāhmaṇo 'sau ṣaṭkarmā yāgādibhirvṛtaḥ

vidvānvipaściddoṣajñaḥ sansudhīḥ kovido budhaḥ

dhīro manīṣī jñaḥ prājñaḥ saṃkhyāvānpaṇḍitaḥ kaviḥ

dhīmānsūriḥ kṛtī kṛṣṭirlabdhavarṇo vicakṣaṇaḥ

dūradarśī dīrghadarśī śrotriyacchāndasau samau

mīmāṃsako jaiminīye vedāntī brahmavādini

vaiśeṣike syādaulūkyaḥ saugataḥ śūnyavādini

naiyāyikastvakṣapādaḥ syātsyādvādika ārhakaḥ

cārvākalaukāyatikau satkārye sāṃkhyakāpilau

upādhyāyo 'dhyāpako 'tha syānniṣekādikṛdguruḥ

mantravyākhyākṛdācārya ādeṣṭā tvadhvare vratī

yaṣṭā ca yajamānaśca sa somavati dīkṣitaḥ

ijyāśīlo yāyajūko yajvā tu vidhineṣṭavān

sa gīrpatīṣṭayā sthapatiḥ somapīthī tu somapāḥ

sarvavedāḥ sa yeneṣṭo yāgaḥ sarvasvadakṣiṇaḥ

anūcānaḥ pravacane sāṅge 'dhītī gurostu yaḥ

labdhānujñaḥ samāvṛttaḥ sutvā tvabhiṣave kṛte

chātrāntevāsinau śiṣye śaikṣāḥ prāthamakalpikāḥ

ekabrahmavratācārā mithaḥ sabrahmacāriṇaḥ

satīrthyāstvekaguravaścitavānagnimagnicit

pāramparyopadeśe syādaitihyamitihāvyayam

upajñā jñānamādyaṃ syājjñātvārambha upakramaḥ

yajñaḥ savo 'dhvaro yāgaḥ saptatanturmakhaḥ kratuḥ

pāṭho homaścātithīnāṃ saparyā tarpaṇaṃ baliḥ

ete pañcamahāyajñā brahmayajñādināmakāḥ

samajyā pariṣadgoṣṭhī sabhāsamitisaṃsadaḥ

āsthānī klībamāsthānaṃ strīnapuṃsakayoḥ sadaḥ

prāgvaṃśaḥ prāg havirgehātsadasyā vidhidarśinaḥ

sabhāsadaḥ sabhāstārāḥ sabhyāḥ sāmājikāśca te

adhvaryūdgātṛhotāro yajuḥsāmargvidaḥ kramāt

āgnīgrādyā dhanairvāryā ṛtvijo yājakāśca te

vediḥ pariṣkṛtā bhumiḥ same sthaṇḍilacatvare

caṣālo yūpakaṭakaḥ kumbā sugahanā vṛtiḥ

yūpāgraṃ tarma nirmanthyadāruṇi tvaraṇirdvayoḥ

dakṣiṇāgnirgārhapatyāhavanīyau trayo 'gnayaḥ

agnitrayamidaṃ tretā praṇītaḥ saṃskṛto 'nalaḥ

samūhyaḥ paricāyyopacāyyāvagnau prayogiṇaḥ

yo gārhapatyādānīya dakṣiṇāgniḥ praṇīyate

tasminnānāyyo 'thāgnāyī svāhā ca hutabhukpriyā

ṛksāmidhenī dhāyyā ca yā syādagnisamindhane

gāyatrīpramukhaṃ chando havyapāke caruḥ pumān

āmikṣā sā śṛtoṣṇe yā kṣīre syāddadhiyogataḥ

dhavitraṃ vyajanaṃ tadyadracitaṃ mṛgacarmaṇā

pṛṣadājyaṃ sadadhyājye paramānnaṃ tu pāyasam

havyakavye daivapitrye anne pātraṃ sruvādikam

dhruvopabhṛjjuhūrnā tu sruvo bhedāḥ srucaḥ striyaḥ

upākṛtaḥ paśurasau yo 'bhimantrya kratau hataḥ

paramparākam śamanaṃ prokṣaṇaṃ ca vadhārthakam

vācyaliṅgāḥ pramītopasaṃpannaprokṣitā hate

sāṃnāyyaṃ haviragnau tu hutaṃ triṣu vaṣaṭ kṛtam

dīkṣānto 'vabhṛto yajñe tatkarmārhaṃ tu yajñiyam

triṣvatha kratukarmeṣṭaṃ pūrtaṃ khātādi karma yat

amṛtaṃ vighaso yajñaśeṣabhojanaśeṣayoḥ

tyāgo vihāpitaṃ dānamutsarjanavisarjane

viśrāṇanaṃ vitaraṇaṃ sparśanaṃ pratipādanam

prādeśanaṃ nirvapaṇamapavarjanamaṃhatiḥ

mrtārthaṃ tadahe dānaṃ triṣu syādaurdhvadehikam

pitṛdānaṃ nivāpaḥ syācchrāddhaṃ tatkarma śastrataḥ

anvāhāryaṃ māsikeṃ 'śo 'ṣṭamo 'hnaḥ kutapo 'striyām

paryeṣaṇā parīṣṭiścānveṣaṇā ca gaveṣaṇā

sanistvadhyeṣaṇā yāñcābhiśastiryācanārthanā

ṣaṭtu triṣvarghyamarghārthe pādyaṃ pādāya vāriṇi

kramādātithyātitheye atithyarthe 'tra sādhuni

syurāveśika āganturatithirnā gṛhāgate

prāghūrṇikaḥ prāghūṇakaścābhyutthānaṃ tu gauravam

pūjā namasyāpacitiḥ saparyārcārhaṇāḥ samāḥ

varivasyā tu śuśrūṣā paricaryāpyupāsanā

vrajyāṭāṭyā paryaṭanaṃ caryā tvīryāpathe sthitiḥ

upasparśastvācamanamatha maunamabhāṣaṇam

prācetasaścāadikaviḥ syānmaitrāvaruṇiśca saḥ

vālmīkaścātha gādheyo viśvāmitraśca kauśikaḥ

vyāso dvaipāyanaḥ pārāśaryaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ

ānupūrvī striyāṃ vāvṛtparipāṭhī anukramaḥ

paryāyaścātipātastu syātparyaya upātyayaḥ

niyamo vratamastrī taccopavāsādi puṇyakam

aupavastaṃ tūpavāsaḥ vivekaḥ pṛthagātmatā

syādbrahmavarcasaṃ vṛttādhyayanarddhirathāñjaliḥ

pāṭhe brahmāñjaliḥ pāṭhe vipruṣo brahmabindavaḥ

dhyānayogāsane brahmāsanaṃ kalpe vidhikramau

mukhyaḥ syātprathamaḥ kalpo 'nukalpastu tato 'dhamaḥ

saṃskārapūrvaṃ grahaṇaṃ syādupākaraṇaṃ śruteḥ

same tu pādagrahaṇamabhivādanamityubhe

bhikṣuḥ parivrāṭ karmandī pārāśaryapi maskarī

tapasvī tāpasaḥ pārikāṅkṣī vācaṃyamo muniḥ

tapaḥkleśasaho dānto varṇino brahmacāriṇaḥ

ṛṣayaḥ satyavacasaḥ snātakastvāpluto vratī

ye nirjitendriyagrāmā yatino yatayaśca te

yaḥ sthaṇḍile vratavaśācchete sthaṇḍilaśāyyasau

sthāṇḍilaścātha virajastamasaḥ syurdvayātigāḥ

pavitraḥ prayataḥ pūtaḥ pāṣaṇḍāḥ sarvaliṅginaḥ

pālāśo daṇḍa āṣāḍho vrate rāmbhastu vaiṇavaḥ

astrī kamaṇḍaluḥ kuṇḍī vratināmāsanaṃ bṛṣī

ajinaṃ carma kṛttiḥ strī bhaikṣaṃ bhikṣākadambakam

svādhyāyaḥ syājjapaḥ sutyābhiṣavaḥ savanaṃ ca sā

sarvainasāmapadhvaṃsi japyaṃ triṣvaghamarṣaṇam

darśaśca paurṇamāsaśca yāgau pakṣāntayoḥ pṛthak

śarīrasādhanāpekṣaṃ nityaṃ yatkarma tadyamaḥ

niyamastu sa yatkarma nityamāgantusādhanam

kṣauram tu bhadrākaraṇaṃ muṇḍanaṃ vapanaṃ triṣu

kakṣāpaṭī ca kaupīnaṃ śāṭī ca strīti lakṣyataḥ

upavītaṃ brahmasūtraṃ proddhṛte dakṣiṇe kare

prācīnāvītamanyasminnivītaṃ kaṇṭhalambitam

aṅgulyagre tīrthaṃ daivaṃ svalpāṅgulyormūle kāyam

madhye 'ṅguṣṭhāṅgulyoḥ pitryaṃ mūle tvaṅguṣṭhasya brāhmam

syādbrahmabhūyaṃ brahmatvaṃ brahmasāyujyamityapi

devabhūyādikaṃ tadvatk.cchaṃ sāntapanādikam

saṃnyāsavatyanaśane pumānprāyo 'tha vīrahā

naṣṭāgniḥ kuhanā lobhānmithyeryāpathakalpanā

vrātyaḥ saṃskārahīnaḥ syādasvādhyāyo nirākṛtiḥ

dharmadhvajī liṅgavṛttiravakīrṇī kṣatavrataḥ

supte yasminnastameti supte yasminnudeti ca

aṃśumānabhinirmuktābhyuditau ca yathākramam

parivettānujo 'nūḍhe jyeṣṭhe dāraparigrahāt

parivittistu tajjāyānvivāhopayamau samau

tathā pariṇayodvāhopayāmāḥ pāṇipīḍanam

vyavāyo grāmyadharmo maithunaṃ nidhuvanaṃ ratam

trivargodharmakāmārthaiścaturvargaḥ samokṣakaiḥ

sabalaistaiścaturbhadraṃ janyāḥ snigdhāḥ varasya ye | iti brahmavargaḥ