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I KÂNDA, 2 KANDIKA, 8.
2. At the time of the division of the inheritance, according to some (teachers).
3. After he has fetched fire from the house of a Vaisya who is rich in cattle,
4. All ceremonies are performed as at the cooking of the kâtushprâsya food.
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5. Some (say that) the handing over of the kindling sticks (should take place),
6. Because the Sruti says, 'There are five great sacrifices.'
7. Having cooked a mess of sacrificial food for the deities of the Agnyâdheya, and having sacrificed the two Agya portions, he sacrifices (the following) Âgya
oblations:
8. 'Thou, Agni' (Vâg. Samhitâ XXI, 3); 'Thus
2. Sânkhâyana I, 1, 4.
3. Sânkhâyana I, 1, 8.
4. The kâtushprâsya food is prepared, at the time of the setting up of the Srauta fires, for the four chief officiating priests of the Srauta sacrifices. Comp. Satapatha Brahmana II, 1, 4. Kâtyâyana's corresponding rules with regard to the Âdhâna of the Srauta fires are found at IV, 7, 15. 16.
5. Comp.the remarks on this Sutra, in the Introduction, pp. 265 seq. 6. Satapatha Brahmana XI, 5, 6, 1: There are five great sacrifices which are great Sattras, viz. the sacrifice to living beings, the sacrifice to men, the sacrifice to the Manes, the sacrifice to the gods, the Brahmayagña.' As the Grihya ceremonies are included here under the category of mahâyagñâs or great sacrifices, they require, according to the teachers whose opinion is stated in Sutra 5, a form of the Agnyâdhâna (setting up of the sacred fire) analogous to the Agnyâdhâna of the Srauta ritual, and containing, like that Âdhâna, the act of the Aranipradâna or handing over of the kindling woods (Sutra 5).
7. The deities of the Agnyâdheya, or of the Srauta ceremony corresponding to the Grihya rite here treated of, are Agni pavamâna, Agni pâvaka, Agni suki, Aditi. On the Agyabhagas, see Sankhâyana I, 9, 7, &c.
8. The verses Vâg. Samh. XXI, 3, 4, the two verses quoted
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |