Book Title: Satapatha Bramhana Part 02
Author(s): Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ SOTRAS XXXII–XXXIX. 325 between the gårhyam nama, the domestic name of a person, such as Yagñasarman, and the astrological name, such as Rauhina, derived from the star Rohini. SOTRA XXXVI. Likewise the sound of a carriage and the sound of a drum. Commentary. These sounds, though serving for the sacrifice, are not to be considered as liable to the rules given for the recitation of Mantras. SÚTRA XXXVII. The prohibition of reciting Mantras in the Svadhyâya does not apply to the sacrifice, because there is then a different object. Commentary. Svadhyâya, i.e. self-reading, is the name given to the study of the Veda, both in first learning and in afterwards repeating it. This study is under several restrictions, but these restrictions cease when the Veda is used for sacrificial purposes. SOTRA XXXVIII. Sacrificial acts are accompanied by one Mantra. Commentary. If it is said that the priest cuts the plants with fourteen verses, that means that there are fourteen plants to be cut and that one verse is used for each plant. SOTRA XXXIX. This applies also to sacrificial acts which have a number and are to be carried out by separate (repeated) acts. Digitized by Google

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