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Agnihotrin dying, 198; cow, wont to cast her calf, victim of Indra at Asvamedha, 300; barren cows immolated, 402, 411; tail of barren cow tied to the left arm of a dead man, 438 n.; of Pravargya, see gharmaduhâ. cow-dung, smeared over fire-site, V, 191; used for burning dead body, 202.
creation, III, 145 seq.; nine primary substances, 147.
creator. See Dhâtri. creatures (pragâ), produced from Pragâpati, the sacrifice, III, 40; in all quarters, IV, 31; Pragapati their lord, 73; Yavas and Ayavas their lords, 76. crosswise, offering made on Svayamâtrinnâ of completed altar, IV, 183.
crow, is untruth, V, 446. cubit, means the (fore-)arm, V, 449. curds and whey, sour curds. See dadhi.
cushions, wrought of gold threads, for the priests to sit on, V, 360, 361.
dadhi, sour curds, is life-sap, III,
374; belongs to Indra, 375; a form, or the life-sap, of the earth-world, 389, 390; mixed with honey and ghee, for sprinkling completed fire-altar, IV, 182 seq.; globule of sour curds put on Samidh, as a form of cattle, 203.
dadhigharma, 2, 3,
,502. Dadhikrâ, III, 27. Dadhikrâvan, III, 27; V, 326. Dadhyafik Atharvana, is speech, III,
218; knew the pure sacrificial essence (the Madhu), 444; is decapitated by Indra, and restored by the Asvins, 443, 444. Daivâpa. See Indrota. Daiyâmpâti, instructed by Sândilyâ
yana, IV, 273. Dakshayana, form of Full and Newmoon sacrifice, to be performed for fifteen years, V, 5. dakshina (sacrificial gift), (cows), the way along which they pass, III, 99, 101;-dakshinâ as Apsaras, the Gandharva Yagña's mates,
IV, 232; the sacrifice is praised for them, 233; no bargaining for, as depriving the priests of their place in heaven, 280; wins food, 285; no oblation without dakshinâ, V, 7: stand south of altar, 17; time for bringing them up at animal sacrifice, 120; are healing medicine, 217; is the glory, 446; must not be given away by the priest, at least not on the same day, 446.
Dânava (Asuras), V, 95. dandavadha, III, 108. darbha-grass, bunch of, put on
ploughed Agnikshetra, III, 332; contains food and drink, 332; grew up from waters loathing Vritra, 332; IV, 44; handful put on mixture of ghee (with gold chips), sour curds and honey for sprinkling therewith (with the tops) on completed fire-altar, 182; a means of purification, V, 195, 274; piece of gold tied thereto and taken westwards (as the sun), 195; ditto of silver, taken eastwards (as the moon), 196; rope thereof for tying sacrificial horse, 274; sepulchral mound covered therewith, 436. darkness, after the creation of the earth, III, 319. Darsapurnamasa, the offerer thereof
eats food every half-month in the other world, IV, 299; esoteric remarks on, V, I seq., 53 seq.; to be performed for thirty years (twice 360 full and new moons) thereby gaining the 360 days and nights of the year, 4, 5; first performed by Parameshtbin Pragâpatya, 15; after him Pragâpati, Indra, Agni, and Soma, 15, 16.
Dasapeya, III, introd. xxvi; requires special offering-place, 68, 113 seq.; etymology, 114; an Agnishroma, 118.
Dasaratha, king of Ayodhya, III,
97.
Dasarâtra, V, 140; last day of,
called avivâkya, III, introd. xvii; compared to the seat (or
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