Grihya Sutras

SR No.: 007685
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1886
Total Pages: 2642
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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IV PRAPÂTHAKA, 2 KÂNDIKÂ, 33.
21. And (he strews it into) the pits,
22. Beginning with the eastern (pit).
23. To the west of the pits he should have a layer spread out,
24. Of southward-pointed Kusa grass,
25. Inclined towards the south.
26. And he should put a mat on it.
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27. To that (layer of grass) they fetch for him (the following sacrificial implements), one by one, from right to left:
28. The two pots in which sacrificial food has been cooked (Sutra 14), the two pot-ladles (Sutra 14), one brazen vessel, one Darvi (spoon), and water.
29. (The sacrificer's) wife places a stone on the Barhis and pounds (on that stone the fragrant substance called) Sthagara.
30. And on the same (stone) she grinds some collyrium, and anoints therewith three Darbha blades, including the interstices (between the single blades?).
31. He should also get some oil made from sesamum seeds,
32. And a piece of linen tape.
33. After he has invited an odd number of blameless Brahmanas, whose faces should be turned towards the north, to sit down on a pure spot,
27. The last words of the Sutra, translated literally, would be: 'following the left arm.' Comp. Sânkhâyana-Grihya II, 3, 2. They place the different objects aprâdakshinyena.
29. See chap. 3, 16.
30. See chap. 3, 13.
31. See chap. 3, 15.
32. See chap. 3, 24.
33. As to the two classes of paitrika and daivika Brahmanas, comp. the note on Sankhâyana IV, 1, 2.
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