Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
7. Inside he brushes with the (grass-) tops thus (viz. from the handle to the top, or in a forward, eastward direction from himself); outside with the lower (grass-)ends thus (viz. in the opposite or backward direction, towards himself)": for thus (viz. in the former way) goes the out-breathing, and thus (in the opposite way) the in-breathing. Thereby he obtains out-breathing and in-breathing (for the sacrificer): hence these hairs (on the upper side of the elbow) point that way, and these (on the lower side) point that way
8. Each time he has brushed and heated (a spoon), he hands it to the Adhvaryu). Just as, after having rinsed (the eating vessels) while touching them, one would finally rinse them without touching them, so here: for this reason he hands over each (spoon) after heating its
square or round (? oval, of the shape of a cow's ear, Sây.; of the shape of a mirror, Kâty.), used for holding the Brahman's portion (prâsitra) of the sacrificial cake. According to Katy. II, 6, 49, the sritâvadanam (cake-cutter) and (purodâsa-)patrî (cakedish) also have to be cleaned on this occasion.
While brushing the spoons he stands east of the Ahavaniya fire-house, looking toward east. The way of brushing, prescribed by the Black Yagus (Taitt. Br. III, 3, 1, 3-4; comm. on Taitt. S. I, 1, 10), seems to be more complicated.
• Viz. the former (aratner uparibhagasya lomâni'), according to Sâyana, point in a forward direction (away from the body), and the latter (“prishthabhagasya lomâni') in a backward direction. The Taitt. Br. III, 3, 1, 4 has 'on the elbow (aratnau) the hairs above (point) forward, those below backward,' which Sâyana (Taitt. S. I, 1, 1, 10) explains by the short hairs above the wrist (? manibandhâd ardhvam) are forward-pointed (pranmukha), but those below are backward-pointed (pratyank).'
• That is to say, the heating of the spoons corresponds to the usual final rinsing of household vessels with water without touching them. Sâyana.
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