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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
Eastern fires, 232; Pratipra- sthâtri (or Neshtri) leads up the
king's wives, 321. pratishtba (stand), is threefold (tri
pod), IV, 116. praüga-sastra, connected with Indra,
the Rudras, the South, &c., IV,
101. Pravargya, III, 355 ; IV, 187; 'set.
ting out,' IV, 187; V, 493 seq.; Pravargya vessels are Agni, Vâ- yu, and Aditya, IV, 187; the head of the Sacrifice, 188; performed as long as the Upasads, 317; is the sun, 317; V, 445; on Satarudriya day, day of preparation, and sutya day, IV, 320;-performance, V, 441 seqq.; time of performance, 458; is VâyuPashan, 475; when performed, 490 seq.; combined with Upasad, 493; is the year, the worlds (and Agni, Vâyu, and Sûrya), the
Sacriticer, &c., 507 seq. prayaga, mystic significance of, V, 40. prayana, III, 305. prayanîya offering, III, 325; ends
with the Samyos, IV, 258, 259;
-Prayaniya Atirâtra, 254. prayu âm havimshi (twelve oblations
of teams), III, 123 ; for yoking
the seasons, 123. prelude. See prastava. pressing-stones, (grâvan), are of
Brihatî nature, V, 243; the
vital airs, 486. priests, officiating, are the limbs of
the Sacrifice, IV, 280; V, 236; are of the same world as the Sacrificer, IV, 280; must not bargain for dakshinas, 280; sixteen, 348; the order in which these are initiated for a sattra, V, 135 seq.; messes of rice for them, 343; the quarters (regions) parcelled out between them, 401, 413, 420;- priest's mess
of rice, see brahmaudana. prishtba-saman, six, III, introd. XX
xxiii; V, 148 0.; seven, IV,
277, 314. prishtba-stotra, III, introd. xvi, xx
seq., 333, 376; are the seasons,
V, 331. prisbtbya-graha, belongs to Agni,
Indra, and Surya, 111, 6.
prishtbya-shadaha, III, introd. xxi;
V, 148; used by Angiras wben contending with Adityas, V,
152; etymology, 152, 163, Prithin Vainya, consecrated first of
men, III, 81. Priyavrata Raubinayana, directs the
wind, IV, 340. procreation. See generation. prospering-oblations. See kalpa. Proti Kausåmbeya Kausurubindi,
residing as religious student
with Uddâlaka Åruni, V, 153. prushva (mist, moisture, or hoar
frost), III, 77. punaryagra, IV, 121. punaskiti, on fifth layer of fire-altar,
IV, 99, 119 seq.; is seed and generative power, 119; etymo logy, 121; on what part of the altar to be laid, 121 ; is the uttaravedi, 121; as substitute
for complete altar, 271. Puñgikasthalà, the Apsaras, is the
(eastern) quarter, or (Agni's)
army, IV, 105. Purana (stories of old time), to be
studied, V, 98; the Veda of
birds, 369. puraskarana, IV, 337 purastâd bhagab, iii, 333; IV, 185;
cf. uddhåra. purisha, III, 201; its formulas are
Agni's hair, itself his food, IV, 20; corering of soil, 26; is food, 95, 96, 139; is the pericardium, 96; is flesb, 138, 149; vital air, 139; belongs to Indra, 140; is one half of the altar, 140; symbolical meaning of its layers (1st cattle, and birds, 3rd stars, 4th sacrificial gifts, 5th progeny and subjects, 6th gods), 147
seq.; earth to earth,' V, 303. Purishya (Agni, the altar), III, 201;
favourable to cattle, cattle-loving, 206, 214; (? rich, plentiful), 310; Agni Purishya, the son of
the Earth, 311. pârnâhuti, III, 42; V, 504. Purohita, one of the ratninab, III,
59; anoints (sprinkles) king in front, 94; hands the sphya to consecrated king, 110; Kshatriya and Purohita alone complete, 259; are everything, 260;
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