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SOTRAS LXXX-LXXXVII.
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Commentary. This Satra forms sometimes part of the preceding Satra, and would then refer to the Pitriyagña only.
SOTRA LXXXIV. A principal act is what has its own name, and is prescribed with special reference to place, time, and
performer.
Commentary.
This Satra is sometimes divided into two; the first, dese kâle kartariti nirdisyate, the second, a sva sabdam yat. The following are given as illustrations. If it is said that 'he should sacrifice with the Vaisvadeva on a slope inclined to the East,' we have the locality. If it is said that he should sacrifice with the Våga peya in autumn,' we have the time. If it is said that the sacrificer himself should offer the Agnihotra on a parvan (change of the moon),' we have the performer. In each of these cases, therefore, the prescribed sacrificial act is a pradhana sångam, a principal act with auxiliary members.
Sotra LXXXV. The Darvi-homa (libation from a ladle) stands by itself.
Commentary. Apūrva is explained by the commentator, not in its usual sense of miraculous, but as not being subject to the former regulations.
Sotra LXXXVI. They are ordered by the word g uhoti, he pours out.
SOTRA LXXXVII. They are offered with the word Svå hå.
Commentary. According to Katyayana 1, 2, 6–7, the guhotis are
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