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ASVALAYANA-ASVAYUGA
73 Â svalâyana, Aitareya-âranyaka and A., 44, xlii sq., xliv ; the new and Sûtras of, 1, xciii, xcv sq.; satiated full moon sacrifice represented as at the Tarpana, 14, 255 (A. an A., 44, 33-5; performance of Saunaka); 29, 123, 220 ; on birth the A., 44, 274-403 ; is the bull ceremonies treated in Upanishads, among sacrifices, 44, 276, all the 15, 222. 1. ; honoured as teacher, gods are concerned in it, 44, 278 29, 141; works of A. and his sq., 336 ; the A. means royal sway, teacher Saunaka, 29, 153-8. See 44, 288 sq., 303 ; worldly blessings Kausalya A.
(sons, rains, &c.), acquired by it, Asvalâyana-Grihya-Sutra, notes 44, 294 sq. ; Pragậpati reserves the
on, 29, 153-8; 30, xiji sq., xxii, A. for himself, assigning the other xxvii, xxxi sq., xxxvii; translated, sacrifices to the gods, 44, 295; the 29, 159-259.
A. is the sacrificer, 44, 327; Asvalâyana-Smriti, based on the verily he who performs the A. makes Grihya-sútra, 25, xxii.
· Pragậpati complete, and he (himself) A svamedha, Sk., t.t., the horse becomes complete ; ani this, indeed, is sacrifice; he who offers a horse.
the ato rement for everything, the sacrifice, conquers all sin, he destroys
remedy for everything. Thereby the the guilt of the murder of a Brahmana,
gods redeem all sin, jea, even the slay2, 275; bathing with the priest ating,
ing of a Brahman they thereby redeem ; the end of A. frees from sin, 2, 81,
and he who performs the A. redeems 284; 14, 122, 127 ; truth is more
all sin, he redeems the slaying of a than a thousand A., 7, 51 sq. ; A.,
Brahman, 44, 328; advantages to
be gained by the A., 44, 344 sq., the king of sacrifices, removes all
347; right season for it, 44, 347 sq.; sin, 7, 133, 135, 181; 25, 445,
is everything, 44, 348-50, 354, 360, 447, 482 ; 44, 298, 396 ; mer - toriousness of A., 7, 171, 260; 25,
378, 384, 395 sq. ; the keepers of
the horse at the A. will all become 177; 33, 285; 44, 129; King Okkâka, instructed by the Brâh
kings, 44, 359 sq. ; sovereign rule manas, brought about assamedha,
gained by the A., 44, 370; domestic i.e. A., and other sacrifices, 10 (ii),
and wild animals sacrificed at the 50; speculations on the A., 15, 73-7,
A., 44, 382 sq.; is successful when
the horse sniffs or turns away, 44, 122-5; where those go who have
384; in the A. all objects of desire performed an A., 15, 127 sq. ; Mantras used at the A., 32, 30; 42,
are contained, 44, 387, 391; forms 662, 666; pariplava, recitation of
part of the Sarvamedha, 44, 419. certain stories at stated intervals
Asvamedha Bhârata, n.p., given during the year occupied by the A.,
as author of a Vedic hymn, 46, 38, 305 sq., 305 n. ; 44, 361 sq.: 48, 420 sq. 697 sq.; an obsolete or disused Asvapati Kaikeya, king, knows the sacrifice, 41, xxvi; 44, 334, 334 n. ;
n. Self, and instructs five Brâhmanas, a supernumerary rite, 41, 246, the 1, 85-91; 34, 227 n.; 38, 276 ; 43, A. is yonder sun, 43, 239, 404; A. 393-8; 48, 288, 290, 677 sq., 688. included in the building of the fire- Asvapna, or the sage Sleepless, 42, altar, 43, 298, the sacrificial horse, 54, 60, 571. Pragâpati, the universe, 43, 401, Asvasena, king of Berares, father of 401 n.; etymology of the word A., Pârsva, 22, 271. 43, 403; Arka and A. become death, Asvastomiya, t.t., a set of oblations 43, 404 ; history and significance of at the horse-sacrifice, 44, 337 n., A., 44, xv-xxxiii; A. a Kshatriya's 341 sq. sacrifice, 44, xvii, 347; Varuna, Asvatarâsvi, see Budila A. the deity of A., 44, xx; offering to Asvattha (tree), see Trees. Gumbaka at the purificatory bath Asvatthaman, a Kaurava, 8, 38. at the end of the A., 44, xxxix; Asvayug, the two, and the full moon offered by Pragâpati, 44, xlii, 289; of Asyayuga worshipped, 29, 130. Purushamedha performed like the Âsvayuga, see Sacrifices (b).
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