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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
let him fast, for it is then that he (the moon) comes to this world', and on that (day) he abides here (on the sacrificial ground).
5. And all the gods abide (here), all the spirits, all the deities, all the seasons, all the Stomas (hymnforms), all the Prishthas, and all the metres.
6. And, verily, it is for all the gods, for all spirits, for all deities, for all seasons, for all Stomas, for all Prishthas, and for all metres that the fires of him are laid down who lays them down at new moon: he should therefore lay them down at new moon.
7. He may lay down the fires on the new moon which falls in the (month) Vaisâkha, for that coincides with the Rohini (asterism); for the Rohini means the self, offspring and cattle3: he thus becomes established in a self, in offspring and cattle. But, indeed, the new moon is the form of the Agnyâdheya let him therefore lay down the fires at new moon; let him perform the preliminary ceremony1 at full moon, and the initiation ceremony at new
moon.
SECOND BRAHMANA.
I. Now when they spread (and perform) the sacrifice, they kill it; and when they press out king Soma, they kill him; and when they 'quiet' and cut up the victim, they kill it,-it is by means of the mortar and pestle, and by the two mill-stones that they kill the Haviryagña (grain-offering).
1 See I, 6, 4, 5.
For the six Prishtha-sâmans, see part iii, introd., p. xx seqq. See II, 1, 2, 6. 7.
• For the Anvârambhanfyâ-ish, lit. 'taking-hold offering,' see part ii, p. 40, note 1.
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| SR No. | 007679 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2382 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |