Book Title: Satapatha Bramhana Part 03
Author(s): Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ XIII KÂNDA, 5 ADHYAYA, 'I BRÂHMANA, 4. 377 after reciting the Stotriya" (strophe) together, recite the Anurūpa (strophe) together : the Rathantara Prishtha-saman?, the Sastra containing the Rathantara (text), and the Agnishtoma sacrifice--thereby he makes sure of this world. 3. "There are twenty-one Savaniya : victims, all of them sacred to Agni: for these there is one and the same performance,' so say some; but, indeed, he should immolate two sets of eleven (victims), with the view of his obtainment of whatever desired object there may be in (victims) belonging to a set of eleven. 4. When the Agnishtoma is completed, and the Vasativari water carried round, the Adhvaryu performs the Annahomas: (oblations of food): the import of these has been explained. With twelve loma-sâman in the Gotamastoma (i. e. Katushtoma) antarukthya' and the corresponding Sastra, including apparently the employment of the Yagñayagalya-saman either for all the four triplets, or for the Yagñâyagiliya triplet alone with the respective Såmans used for the other triplets ; different modes of recitation being thereby implied with regard to the Stotriya and AnurQpa pragathas. For the Agnimâruta-sastra, recited by the Holri after the chanting of the Agnishtoma-saman, and containing, amongst various hymns and detached verses, the triplet which forms the text of the Stotra, i. e. tbe'Stotriya pragatha,' as well as a corresponding antistrophe, the 'Anurûpa pragatha,' see part ii, p. 369 note. On the present occasion, however, this constituent element of the Sastra would have to include the triplets of all the four Sầmans, as well as four 'antistrophes' which are thus recited together.' . Or, Prishtha-stotra, viz. the first stotra of that name at the midday-service, for which that Saman is used in the Agnishtoma sacrifice (part ii, p. 339, note 2). . That is, victims sacrificed on the Sutyas, or Soma-days. Two complete sets of eleven such victims are, however, required on each of the three days, see p. 309, note a. * See XIII, 2, 1, 1 seqq., and p. 297, note i. Digitized by Google

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