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Durativyatha
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the sharpnfered. And once the back with an arrownd the Anuyāja
would then mean that the Prayāja and the Anuyāja offerings are not offered because that would be like creating a divine defensive wall around the sacrifice. In that case the Upasad-arrow, when shot, would strike against this wall and would become blunt. To avoid this and to ensure the sharpness (sarsityai) of the arrow, the fore- and the afterofferings are not offered. And once the sharpness of the arrow is ensured, there will be no enemy left to strike back with an arrow (apratisarāya).
In the Taittirīya Saṁhită also (2.6.1.5) the Prayāja and the Anuyāja offerings are said to constitute the varma of the sacrifice and the sacrificer. The fact that in this passage it is further stated that it is on this account that a varátha « a defensive enclosure » is erected taller in the front and shorter at the back shows that by várma is meant, not «an armour », but «a defensive wall or enclosure ». The whole passage in the Taitt. Sam. reads as: yát prayājānuyāja ijyante vármaivá tád yajñaya kriyate várma yájamānāya bhratrvyābhibhūtyai/ tásmād várūtham purastād vársiyah paścád dhrásiyah.
account that a var at the back shows that by
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Madhu Vidyā/152
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