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LAWS OF MANU.
JII, 71.
Bali offering that offered to the Bhůtas, and the hospitable reception of guests the offering to men.
71. He who neglects not these five great sacrifices, while he is able (to perform them), is not tainted by the sins (committed) in the five places of slaughter, though he constantly lives in the (order of) house(-holders).
72. But he who does not feed these five, the gods, his guests, those whom he is bound to maintain, the manes, and himself, lives not, though he breathes.
73. They call (these) five sacrifices also, Ahuta, Huta, Prahuta, Brâhmya-huta, and Prâsita.
74. Ahuta (not offered in the fire) is the muttering (of Vedic texts), Huta the burnt oblation (offered to the gods), Prahuta (offered by scattering it on the ground) the Bali offering given to the Bhatas, Brâhmya-huta (offered in the digestive fire of Brâhmanas), the respectful reception of Brâhmana (guests), and Prâsita (eaten) the (daily oblation to the manes, called) Tarpana.
75. Let (every man) in this (second order, at least) daily apply himself to the private recitation of the Veda, and also to the performance of the offering to the gods; for he who is diligent in the performance
72. Those whom he is bound to maintain,' i.e. aged parents and so forth' (Medh., Gov., Kull.), or animals unfit for work (Medh.), or 'the Bhūtas, goblins or living beings' (Nar., Râgh.). Nand. reads bhQtânâm for bhrityânâm, as Nâr. and Râgh. seem to have done.
73. Medh. remarks that these technical terms must belong to some particular Sâkhâ of the Veda. Two of them occur in the beginning of Baudhayana's Grihya-sůtra, Sacred Books of the East, vol. xiv, p. xxxi, and four in Paraskara's Grihya-sútra I, 4, 1, as well as in Sânkhâyana's, I, 5, 1. Nár., Nand., and K. read Brâhmahuta in this and the next verses.
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| SR No. | 007684 |
| Book Title | Vinaya Texts |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2523 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 47 MB |