Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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VIII, 22. KING AND BRAHMANA VERSED IN VEDAS. 217
the taking of a help-mate for the fulfilment of the religious duties, the performance of the five sacrifices to gods, manes, men, goblins, and Brahman,
17. And the performance) of the following (sacrifices) :
18. The seven kinds of Pâkayagñas (or small sacrifices), viz. the Ashtaka, the Pârvana (Sthâllpâka, offered on the new and full moon days), the funeral oblations, the Srâvani, the Âgrahầyanî, the Kaitri, and the Asvayugi;
19. The seven kinds of Haviryagñas, viz. the Agnyâdheya, the Agnihotra, the Darsa paurnamâsas, the Agrayana, the Kâturmâsyas, the Nirûdhapasubandha, and the Sautrâmani ;
20. The seven kinds of Soma-sacrifices, viz. the Agnishtoma, the Atyagnishtoma, the Ukthya, the Shodasin, the Atirâtra, and the Aptoryâma;
21. These are the forty sacraments.
22. Now (follow) the eight good qualities of the soul,
18. The various Pâkayagñas, named here, are fully described by Asvalâyana Grihya-sûtra II, 1, 1-II, 10, 8; Gobhila III, 10 seq.; Paraskara III, 3 seq. See also Max Müller, History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, p. 203. The Ashtakâs are sacrifices offered on the eighth day of the dark halves of the winter months, and of those of the dewy season, i.e. Karttika, Mârgasiras, Pausha, and Mâgha. The Srâvani is offered on the full moon day of the month of Sravana, the Agrahayanî on the fourteenth, or on the full moon day of Mârgasiras, the Kaitrî on the full moon day of the Kaitra, and the Asvayugî on the full moon day of the month Âsvayuga or Asvina.
19-20. The Haviryagñas and Soma-sacrifices are described in the Brahmanas and Srauta-sûtras. Havis denotes any kind of food used for oblations, such as clarified butter, milk, rice, meat, &c.
22. Apastamba I, 8, 23, 6.
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