Yogashastra of Hemchandracharya

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Surendra Bothra
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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संवत्सरं तु गव्येन पयसा पायसेन तु ।
वाध्रीणसस्य मांसेन तृप्तिादशवार्षिकी ॥४६॥ Meaning : I am now telling you in details about the duration, short or long, for which the forefathers get satiated on account of the oblation offered ceremoniously to them.
The forefathers of the people remain satisfied for a month if sesamum, rice, barley, pulse, water, roots, and fruits are offered to them with prescribed ceremony.
The forefathers remain happy for two months, if flash of fish is offered; for three months by flesh of deer; for four months by flesh of sheep; and for five months by flesh of birds.
The forefathers remain contented for six months by flesh of goat; for seven months by flesh of a particular kind of deer; for eight months by flesh of an animal called Ena; and for nine months by meat of an animal called Raurava.
The forefathers remain pleased for ten months if meat of pig or he-buffalo is offered to them in the prescribed manner) and for eleven months if that of hare or tortoise is offered.
The forefathers remain glad for a year if milk of cow or the rice-pudding made out of it is offered and for twelve long years of meat of he-goat, advanced in age, is offered.
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