________________ Apah : Divine & Purifying Substance 388. +++ +++ ++++ + 69 AA I. 3.5 (13). 70 Bhar. G. II. 24. 71 Agn. G. II. 1.4. 72 Bau. $. XX. 16, SK 11. 73 Bhar. $. II. 4-7, IV. 6-7, VII. 12.8, sal. II. 7, SK 296. 74 AGP II. 6. 75 Ibid I. 11.20. 76 Bhar. S. VI, 1-6, SK. 106. 77 SK 112. 78 Man. S. III, 7.3-4, SK. 696. 79 AG IV. 1.14. 80 Ap.S. XI. 20.5. 81 for the procedure of fetching the Vusarivari waters, Cf. Caland : L'Agniscoma, 119. 82 lbid, 143. 83 Ap, S XI, 20.5, Kat. SS. VIII. 9.7; Cf. Hillebrandt: VM, I. 455. 84 Ap. S. XII. 5.12, Bau. S. VII. 3. 85 For the entire rite, cf. Caland : op. cit. 371. 86 Cf. Venkatacharya-Gajendragadkar : Santskara-kaustubha, 1914. 87 Cf Joshi : Srautapadarthaniryacanam, 40, 88 Cf. Devastbali : Religion and Mythology of the Brahmanas, 86. 89 Cf, Bhide : In Bharatiya Samskrti Kosa, I, 193. 90 Cf. Devasthali : op. cit., 95. 91 AA II. 1.7. 92 Man. $. I. 8.1.1-20, cf. TA III, 6. 93 TA I. 26.7 : varsati na dhavet/ 94 Ibid III. 10.3. 95 AG II. 7.6. 96 Ibid II. 7.11. 97 SK 117. 98 Loc. cit. 99 SK. 251. 100 A.s. S III. 7.1,13; Bau. S. XXIV. 36; SK, 820, 831. 101 Cf. Devasthali, loc. cit. 102 SK, 114-15. 103 Ibid, 665. 104 Sat. $. II. 7, SK, 488. 105 SK, 488. 106 Kaus. G. V. 4. 107 Agn. G. III. 1.3. 108 VG V. 1-6, SK, 1058. 109 Sat. S. II. 7, Ap. $. VI. 1-29, Bh. G. I. 25. 110 Kath. G. XXI. I. 111 Ibid XX. 2. 112 In the mythology of Persia, there is a male genius of waters, who creates and shapes man, and defends and protects the royal glory, and a female genius, who is no other than Anaitis, or Venus, who assists women in labour giving men courageous companions (Cf. Asiatic Mythology, 42). 113 III. 3-4, 114 san. S. IV. 7, 9-11; Cf. GBr I. 3.1 : The waters flow towards the south'. 115 San. G. I. 26.18, TBr III, 1.5.5. It may be noted that there is usually rainfall in the month of Asadha. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
