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SUTRAS CXLIX, CL.
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times divided into vegetable and animal sacrifices. The vegetable substances are, tandulah, pishtani, phalîkaranah, purodåsah, odanah, yavågah, prithukah, lagåh, dhânâh, and aktavah. The animal substances are, payah, dadhi, ágyam, amikshâ, vaginam, vapa, tvakah, mâmsam, lohitam, and pasurasah.
SOTRA CXLIX. If there are fewer Mantras and more (sacrificial) acts, then after dividing them into equal parts, let him perform the former with the former, the latter with the latter.
Commentary. It happens, for instance, in certain ishtis that a pair of Yagya and Anuvákyà mantras is given, but six acts. In that case one half of the mantras is used for one half of the acts, and the other half of the mantras for the other half of the acts.
SOTRA CL. If there are fewer acts and more Mantras, let him perform and act with one mantra, those which remain are optional, as the materials for the sacrificial post.
Commentary. Kapardisvåmin seems to have divided this Satra into three, the second being avasishtà vikalparthah, the third yatha yQpadravyânîti. But it is better to take it as one, as it is in MS. 1676.
If there are, for instance, fourteen vapanas, while there are many more mantras, let him select fourteen mantras and use them for each vapana, while the rest will be useful for another performance. A similar case occurs when different kinds of wood are recommended for making the sacrificial post, or when rice or barley are recommended for an offering. Here a choice has to be made. The iti at the end is explained as showing that there are other instances of the game kind.
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