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I ADHYAYA, 26 KHANDA, 20.
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KHANDA 26. 1. To Agni, to the Krittikas. 2. To Pragâpati, to Rohint. 3. To Soma, to Mrigasiras. 4. To Rudra, to the Ardrâs. 5. To Aditi, to the two Punarvasus. 6. To Brihaspati, to Pushya. 7. To the Serpents, to the Asleshâs. 8. To the Manes, to the Maghâs. 9. To Bhaga, to the two Phalgunis. 10. To Aryaman, to the two Phalgunis. 11. To Savitar, to Hasta. 12. To Tvashtar, to Kitrâ. 13. To Vayu, to Svâti. 14. To Indra and Agni, to the two Visakhâs. 15. To Mitra, to Anurâdha. 16. To Indra, to Gyeshtha. 17. To Nirriti, to Mala. 18. To the Waters, to the Ashadhâs. 19. To the Visve devâs, to the Ashâdhâs. 20. To Brahman, to Abhigit.
(here also). Thus the satikâgni is to be kept through one year. After the lapse of that year one should sacrifice every month on the domestic fire as long as his life lasts. As it is said " in the domestic fire," the sûtikagni is not to be kept any longer.' Nårâyana.
26, 1. This chapter is not found in the Sâmbavya-Grihya, and Narayana expressly designates it as kshepaka khanda. It is a sort of appendix to the Sätras 25, 5. 6; a sacrifice having there been prescribed to three Nakshatras with their presiding deities, an enumeration of the Nakshatras and deities is here given. Compare, on similar lists, Weber's second article on the Nakshatras (Abhandlungen der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1861), pp. 289 seq., 315, 367 seq.
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