Satapatha Bramhana Part 03

SR No.: 007679
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 2382
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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INTRODUCTION.
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higher, and the middle ones. 18. The Åprî verses are 'Agnir mrityuh'... 20. They then spread a red cloth, woven of kusa grass, for the Man to lie upon. 21. The Udgâtri approaches the suffocated Man with the chant of) a Såman to Yama (the god of death).-XVI, 13, 1. The Hotri with (the recitation of) the Purusha Narayana (litany). 2. Then the officiating priests—Hotri, Brahman, Udgåtri, Adhvaryu-approach him each with two verses of the hymn (on Yama and the Fathers) Rig-v. X, 14, Revere thou with offering King Yama Vaivasvata, the gatherer of men, who hath walked over the wide distances tracing out the path for many' 3-6. They then heal the Sacrificer (by reciting hymns X, 137 ; 161 ; 163 ; 186; 59; VII, 35). 7-18. Ceremonies analogous to those of the Asvamedha (cf. XIII, 5, 2, 1 seqq.), concluding with the Brahmavadya (brahmodya).-XVI, 14, 1-20. Details about chants, &c. : the fourth (and last) day of the Purushamedha to be performed like the fifth of the Prishthya-shadaha.
Vait. S. XXXVII, 10. The Purushamedha (is performed) like the Asvamedha ... 12. There are offerings to Agni Kåma, Dâtri, and Pathikrit. 13. He causes to be publicly proclaimed, Let all that is subject to the Sacrificer assemble together!' 14. The Sacrificer says, “To whom shall I give a thousand (cows) and a hundred horses to be the property of his relatives? Through whom shall I gain my object ?' 15. If a Brâhmana or a Kshatriya comes forward, they say, 'The transaction is completed.' 16. If no one comes forward, let him conquer his nearest enemy, and perform the sacrifice with him. 17. To that (chosen man) he shall give that (price) for his relatives. 18. Let him make it be publicly known that, if any one's wife were to speak , he will seize that man's whole property, and kill herself, if she be not a Brahmana woman. 19. When, after being bathed and adorned, he (the man) is set free, he (the priest) recites the hymns A.V. XIX, 6; X, 2.—20. For a year (daily) offerings to Pathyå Svasti, Aditi, and
I That is, as it would seem, with a view to dissuading her husband from offering himself as a victim.
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