Satapatha Bramhana Part 02

SR No.: 007678
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1885
Total Pages: 2521
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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GRIHYA-SÛTRA OF GOBHILA.
furrow-sacrifice, at the thrashing-floor-sacrifice, at the sowing, at the reaping of the crop, and at the putting of the crop into the barn.
31. And at mole hills he should sacrifice to the king of moles.
32. To Indrâni a Sthalipaka (is prepared).
33. Of that he should make an offering with the 'verse), “The Ekâshtakâ, performing austerities' (MB. II, 3, 19).
34. The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthålipáka ritual. The rest according to the Sthalipâka ritual.
KÂNDIKÂ 5. 1. At the sacrifices) for the obtainment of special wishes, which will be henceforth described,
2. And, according to some (teachers), also at (the sacrifices) described above (the following rites should be performed).
3. He should touch the earth, to the west of the fire, with his two hands turned downwards, with (the verse), 'We partake of the earth's' (MB. II, 4, 1).
32-34. Khâdira-Grihya III, 5, 40. I understand that this sacrifice stands in connection with the rural festivals which are treated of in the preceding Sætras. In the commentary, from the Mantra the conclusion is drawn that the ceremony in question belongs to the day of the Ekåshtaka. But the Ekâshtaka is the Ashtakå of the dark fortnight of Mâgha (see S. B. E. XXIX, 102), and the description of the rites belonging to that day has already been given above, Sutras 17-21. It very frequently occurs in the Grihya ritual that Mantras are used at sacrifices standing in no connection with those for which they have originally been composed.
5, 1 seq. Comp. Khâdira-Grihya I, 2, 6 seq.
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