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SKT. VIGIPRIYA
M. A. MEHENDALE
Deccan College, Poona. This vocable appears in a mantra which is used while drawing one of the five grahas which are prescribed specially for the Vajapeya sacrifice. Its meaning given by BR is : "etwa ohne Backenstücke d. h. ohne Handhaben an den Seiten, von Soma-Gefässen". Böhtlingk probably was not sure of this meaning and hence in his shorter dictionary he did not give it. There he simply says that the word has been variously interpreted by the commentators. Monier Williams only repcats this latter statcmcnt.
The mantra in question appears as follows in the Taittiriya Samhitā 1.7.12.1-2:
yć gråhath pañcajani nū yeşāí tisráh paramojāh/dalvyaḥ kósahi
Sümubjitah/tişūrı vesiprijāņām īşam ürjain samagrabhim eşi te yonir indrāya tväl ... (2)
Keith translates the above as : “Thic cups of the five folk, Of which three are of highest birth, ( And for which ) the divine cask (1) has been forced out Of these that have no handles The food and strength have I seized; This is thy birthplace; to Indra thee !"
Madhu Vidyā/71
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