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338 APASTAMBA'S YAGNA-PARIBHASHA-SUTRAS.
This whole matter is summed up in Kapardin's commentary: Amâvâsyâyâm asomayagina aindrâgna-sâmnayyayor vikalpah. Paurnamâsyâm tv asomayâgino brâhmanasyâgnîshomîyayâgâbhâvah. Tadrahitâpi paurnamâsî purushårtham sådhayati. Tatra dvayor eva hi yagayoh paurnamâsîsabdavâkyatvam asti, pratyekam nâmayogât. Tasmâd agnishomîyayâgarahitâv evetarau purushârtham sâdhayatah.
SUTRA LXXX.
The Pitri-yagña, the sacrifice to the fathers, is not Anga (auxiliary) because its own time is prescribed.
Commentary.
The text should be pitriyagñah svakâlavidhânâd anangak syât. This sacrifice for the Manes, called also the Pindapitriyagña, falls under the new-moon sacrifice, but is to be considered as a pradhâna, a primary sacrifice, not as an anga, a member of the Darsa.
SUTRA LXXXI.
Also, because it is enumerated like the Darsapurnamasa sacrifice.
Commentary.
This refers to such passages from the Brahmanas as: There are four great sacrifices, the Agnihotram, the Darsapurnamâsau, the Kâturmâsyâni, and the Pindapitriyagñah.
SUTRA LXXXII.
Also, because, when the Amâvâsyâ sacrifice is barred, the Pitriyagña seen to take place.
SUTRA LXXXIII.
A principal act (pradhâna) is accompanied by auxiliary acts (anga).
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