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1Ndardyama refers the rule here given to the case of any incident or danger (A4pad) which prevents the sacrificer from performing the ceremony in its fuller form, as prescribed in the Srauta-satra. 204 AsvALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. Agrayama sacrifice by one who has set up the (sacred Srauta) fires. 5. Also by one who has not set up the (Srauta) fires (the same offering is performed) in the (sacred) domestic fire. KawpikA 3. 1, On the full moon of Ma4rgasirsha the ‘ redescent’ (is performed)—on the fourteenth (Tithi), 2. Or on (the Tithi of) the full moon (itself). 3. Having again renovated the house by (giving a new) coating (to the walls), by spreading out (a new roof), and by levelling (the floor), they should sacrifice after sunset (oblations) of milk-rice with (the texts), ‘ Beat away, O white one, with thy foot, with the forefoot and with the hind-foot, these seven daughters of Varuza and all that belong to the king’s tribe. Svaha! ‘Within the dominion of the white one no serpent has killed anything. To the white one, the son of Vidarva, adoration! Svaha!’ 4. Here no oblation to (Agni) Svishéakrzt (is made). 5. ‘May we be secure from Pragdpati’s sons’— thus he murmurs while looking at the fire. 3, 1. On the ceremony of ‘ redescent,’ comp. Sankhayana-Grzhya IV, 17; Paraskara III, 2. The fourteenth Tithi of the bright fortnight, preceding the full moon, is referred to. 3. ‘Again’ refers to chap. 2, 2. As to the words ‘ they should sacrifice,’ comp. the note on the same Sitra. The first Mantra reoccurs in Sankhayana-Grzhya IV, 18, 1. The text of the second should be, na vai svetasyAdhy4fare, &c.; comp. Paraskara II, 14, 5. 5. The serpents are the children of Kasyapa (i.e. PragApati) and Kadri; see Mahabharata I, 1074 seqq. II ADHYAYA, 4 KANDIKA, I. 205 6. (Saying), ‘Be happy and friendly to us’—he should think in his mind of the winter. 7. To the west of the fire is a well-spread layer (of straw); on that he should sit down, murmur (the verse), ‘ Be soft, O earth’ (Rig-veda I, 22, 15), and lie down (on that layer) with his people, with the head to the east and the face to the north. 8. The others, as there is room. 9. Or following on each other from the eldest to the youngest. 10. Those who know the Mantras, should murmur the Mantras. 11, Arising (they should) three times (murmur the verse), ‘From that place may the gods bless us’ (Rig-veda I, 22, 16). 12, The same (verse) a fourth time with their faces to the south, to the west, and to the north. 13. Having arisen, having murmured the hymns sacred to the Sun and the auspicious hymns, having prepared food and given to the Brahmamas to eat, he should cause (them) to pronounce auspicious words. KawplkA 4, 1. On the eighth days of the four dark fortnights of (the two seasons of) winter and Sisira the Ash¢akas (are celebrated). 10. ‘ The Mantras beginning from “Be soft, O earth” (Satra 7) down to the auspicious hymns (Siitra 13).’ N4rayana.
2KawplkA 4, 1. On the eighth days of the four dark fortnights of (the two seasons of) winter and Sisira the Ash¢akas (are celebrated). 10. ‘ The Mantras beginning from “Be soft, O earth” (Satra 7) down to the auspicious hymns (Siitra 13).’ N4rayana. 11. It follows from Sftra 12 that they are to turn here their faces to the east. 12. They mutter one Pada of that verse, which is in the Gayatri metre, turned towards each of the three directions. 4, 1. Comp. Sankh4yana-Grthya III, 12 seqq. The four 206 AsVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. 2. Or on one (of these days). 3. The day before, he should offer to the Fathers (i.e. Manes)— 4. Boiled rice, boiled rice with sesamum seeds, rice-milk— 5. Or cakes made of four Sarfvas (of ground grain)— 6. Sacrificing with the eight (verses), ‘May the lower (Fathers) and the higher arise’ (Rig-veda X,15, I seqq.), or with as many (verses) as he likes. 7. Then on the next day the Ashéakds (are celebrated) with an animal (sacrifice) and with a mess of cooked food. 8. He may also give grass to an ox, g. Or he may burn down brushwood with fire— 10. With (the words), ‘ This is my Ashéaka.’ 11. But he should not omit celebrating the Ashtaka. 12. This (Ash¢ak&) some state to be sacred to the Visve devas, some to Agni, some to the Sun, some to Pragapati, some state that the Night is its deity, some that the Nakshatras are, some that the Seasons are, some that the Fathers are, some that cattle is. 13. Having killed the animal according to the months of Hemanta and Sisira are Margasirsha, Pausha, Magha, and Phalguna. 2. The statement of the Prayogaratna that in case the sacrificer should celebrate only one Ash/ak4 festival, the Ash/aka of the MAgha month is to be selected, well agrees with the designation of this Ash/akf as ‘the one Ash/aka’ (ekash/ak4); see Weber, Naxatra II, 341 seq.; Indische Studien, XV, 145. 7 seqq. Comp. the nearly identical passage in Sankhayana-Grzhya III, 14, 3 seqq. and the note there. Asvalayana evidently gives these rules not as regarding one special Ash/aka but all of them. 13. Comp. above, I, 11, 1. 2. 10. As to the Mantra, comp. Sankhayana III, 13, 3. II ADHYAYA, 4 KANDIKA, 14. 207 ritual of the animal sacrifice, omitting the sprinkling (with water) and the touching of the animal with a fresh branch, he should draw out the omentum and sacrifice it with (the verse), ‘Carry the omentum, GAtavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of fat flow to them ; may all these wishes be fulfilled. Swvaha!’ 14. Then (follow oblations) of the Avadana portions and the cooked food, two with (the two verses), ‘Agni, lead us on a good path to wealth’ (Rig-veda I, 189, 1 seq.), (and other oblations with the texts), ‘May summer, winter, the seasons be happy to us, happy the rainy season, safe to us the autumn. The year be our lord who gives breath to us; may days and nights produce long life. Svaha!
3The year be our lord who gives breath to us; may days and nights produce long life. Svaha! ‘Peaceful be the earth, happy the air, may the goddess Heaven give us safety. Happy be the quarters (of the horizon), the intermediate quarters, the upper quarters ; may the waters, the lightnings protect us from all sides. Sv4ha! ‘May the waters, the rays carry our prayers (to the gods); may the creator, may the ocean turn away evil; may the past and the future, (may) all be safe to me. Protected by Brahman may I pour forth songs. Svaha! ‘May all the Adityas and the divine Vasus, the Rudras, the protectors, the Maruts sit down (here). May Pragapati, the abounding one, the highest ruler, bestow vigour, offspring, immortality on me. Svéha ! ‘ Pragapati, no other one than Thou (Rig-veda X, 121, 10). 14. I read, as Prof. Stenzler and the Petersburg Dictionary do, svaré ksharazi. Comp. P&raskara III, 3, 6. 208 ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SUTRA. 15. The eighth (oblation) is that to (Agni) Svishéakrct. 16. He should give to the Braéhmamzas to eat: this has been said. Kawpika 5, 1. On the following day the Anvash¢akya (i. e. the ceremony following the Ash¢aka, is performed). 2. Having prepared (a portion) of that same meat, having established the fire on a surface inclined towards the south, having fenced it in, and made a door on the north side of the enclosure, having strewn round (the fire) three times sacrificial grass with its roots, without tossing it, turning the left side towards the fire, he should put down the things to be offered, boiled rice, boiled rice with sesamum seeds, rice-milk, meal-pap with curds, and meal-pap with honey. 3. (The ceremony should be performed) according to the ritual of the Pizdapitvzyagza. 4. Having sacrificed (of those sorts of food) with the exception of the meal-pap with honey, let him give (lumps of those substances) to the Fathers. 5. And to (their) wives, with the addition of rum and the scum of boiled rice. 6. Some (place the lumps to be offered) into pits, into two or into six. 16. See above, chap. 3, 13. 5, 2. The meat is that of the animal killed on the Ash/aké day ; see chap. 4, 13. 3. This ritual is given in the Srauta-sitra II, 6 seq. 4. He sacrifices the two oblations prescribed in the Srauta-sitra II, 6, 12, to Soma pitv7mat and to Agni kavyavahana. II ADHYAYA, 6 KANDIKA, I. 209 7. In those situated to the east he should give (the offerings) to the Fathers. 8. In those to the west, to the wives. g. Thereby the ceremony celebrated in the rainy ' season on the MAgha day, in the dark fortnight after the full moon of Praush¢dapada (has been declared), to. And thus he should offer (a celebration like the Anvashéakya) to the Fathers every month, observing uneven numbers (i.e. selecting a day with an uneven number, inviting an uneven number of Brahmanzas, &c.). 11. He should give food at least to nine (Brahmamas), 12. Or to an uneven number ;
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Ndardyama refers the rule here given to the case of any incident or danger (A4pad) which prevents the sacrificer from performing the ceremony in its fuller form, as prescribed in the Srauta-satra. 204 AsvALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. Agrayama sacrifice by one who has set up the (sacred Srauta) fires. 5. Also by one who has not set up the (Srauta) fires (the same offering is performed) in the (sacred) domestic fire. KawpikA 3. 1, On the full moon of Ma4rgasirsha the ‘ redescent’ (is performed)—on the fourteenth (Tithi), 2. Or on (the Tithi of) the full moon (itself). 3. Having again renovated the house by (giving a new) coating (to the walls), by spreading out (a new roof), and by levelling (the floor), they should sacrifice after sunset (oblations) of milk-rice with (the texts), ‘ Beat away, O white one, with thy foot, with the forefoot and with the hind-foot, these seven daughters of Varuza and all that belong to the king’s tribe. Svaha! ‘Within the dominion of the white one no serpent has killed anything. To the white one, the son of Vidarva, adoration! Svaha!’ 4. Here no oblation to (Agni) Svishéakrzt (is made). 5. ‘May we be secure from Pragdpati’s sons’— thus he murmurs while looking at the fire. 3, 1. On the ceremony of ‘ redescent,’ comp. Sankhayana-Grzhya IV, 17; Paraskara III, 2. The fourteenth Tithi of the bright fortnight, preceding the full moon, is referred to. 3. ‘Again’ refers to chap. 2, 2. As to the words ‘ they should sacrifice,’ comp. the note on the same Sitra. The first Mantra reoccurs in Sankhayana-Grzhya IV, 18, 1. The text of the second should be, na vai svetasyAdhy4fare, &c.; comp. Paraskara II, 14, 5. 5. The serpents are the children of Kasyapa (i.e. PragApati) and Kadri; see Mahabharata I, 1074 seqq. II ADHYAYA, 4 KANDIKA, I. 205 6. (Saying), ‘Be happy and friendly to us’—he should think in his mind of the winter. 7. To the west of the fire is a well-spread layer (of straw); on that he should sit down, murmur (the verse), ‘ Be soft, O earth’ (Rig-veda I, 22, 15), and lie down (on that layer) with his people, with the head to the east and the face to the north. 8. The others, as there is room. 9. Or following on each other from the eldest to the youngest. 10. Those who know the Mantras, should murmur the Mantras. 11, Arising (they should) three times (murmur the verse), ‘From that place may the gods bless us’ (Rig-veda I, 22, 16). 12, The same (verse) a fourth time with their faces to the south, to the west, and to the north. 13. Having arisen, having murmured the hymns sacred to the Sun and the auspicious hymns, having prepared food and given to the Brahmamas to eat, he should cause (them) to pronounce auspicious words. KawplkA 4, 1. On the eighth days of the four dark fortnights of (the two seasons of) winter and Sisira the Ash¢akas (are celebrated). 10. ‘ The Mantras beginning from “Be soft, O earth” (Satra 7) down to the auspicious hymns (Siitra 13).’ N4rayana.
2KawplkA 4, 1. On the eighth days of the four dark fortnights of (the two seasons of) winter and Sisira the Ash¢akas (are celebrated). 10. ‘ The Mantras beginning from “Be soft, O earth” (Satra 7) down to the auspicious hymns (Siitra 13).’ N4rayana. 11. It follows from Sftra 12 that they are to turn here their faces to the east. 12. They mutter one Pada of that verse, which is in the Gayatri metre, turned towards each of the three directions. 4, 1. Comp. Sankh4yana-Grthya III, 12 seqq. The four 206 AsVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SOTRA. 2. Or on one (of these days). 3. The day before, he should offer to the Fathers (i.e. Manes)— 4. Boiled rice, boiled rice with sesamum seeds, rice-milk— 5. Or cakes made of four Sarfvas (of ground grain)— 6. Sacrificing with the eight (verses), ‘May the lower (Fathers) and the higher arise’ (Rig-veda X,15, I seqq.), or with as many (verses) as he likes. 7. Then on the next day the Ashéakds (are celebrated) with an animal (sacrifice) and with a mess of cooked food. 8. He may also give grass to an ox, g. Or he may burn down brushwood with fire— 10. With (the words), ‘ This is my Ashéaka.’ 11. But he should not omit celebrating the Ashtaka. 12. This (Ash¢ak&) some state to be sacred to the Visve devas, some to Agni, some to the Sun, some to Pragapati, some state that the Night is its deity, some that the Nakshatras are, some that the Seasons are, some that the Fathers are, some that cattle is. 13. Having killed the animal according to the months of Hemanta and Sisira are Margasirsha, Pausha, Magha, and Phalguna. 2. The statement of the Prayogaratna that in case the sacrificer should celebrate only one Ash/ak4 festival, the Ash/aka of the MAgha month is to be selected, well agrees with the designation of this Ash/akf as ‘the one Ash/aka’ (ekash/ak4); see Weber, Naxatra II, 341 seq.; Indische Studien, XV, 145. 7 seqq. Comp. the nearly identical passage in Sankhayana-Grzhya III, 14, 3 seqq. and the note there. Asvalayana evidently gives these rules not as regarding one special Ash/aka but all of them. 13. Comp. above, I, 11, 1. 2. 10. As to the Mantra, comp. Sankhayana III, 13, 3. II ADHYAYA, 4 KANDIKA, 14. 207 ritual of the animal sacrifice, omitting the sprinkling (with water) and the touching of the animal with a fresh branch, he should draw out the omentum and sacrifice it with (the verse), ‘Carry the omentum, GAtavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of fat flow to them ; may all these wishes be fulfilled. Swvaha!’ 14. Then (follow oblations) of the Avadana portions and the cooked food, two with (the two verses), ‘Agni, lead us on a good path to wealth’ (Rig-veda I, 189, 1 seq.), (and other oblations with the texts), ‘May summer, winter, the seasons be happy to us, happy the rainy season, safe to us the autumn. The year be our lord who gives breath to us; may days and nights produce long life. Svaha!
3The year be our lord who gives breath to us; may days and nights produce long life. Svaha! ‘Peaceful be the earth, happy the air, may the goddess Heaven give us safety. Happy be the quarters (of the horizon), the intermediate quarters, the upper quarters ; may the waters, the lightnings protect us from all sides. Sv4ha! ‘May the waters, the rays carry our prayers (to the gods); may the creator, may the ocean turn away evil; may the past and the future, (may) all be safe to me. Protected by Brahman may I pour forth songs. Svaha! ‘May all the Adityas and the divine Vasus, the Rudras, the protectors, the Maruts sit down (here). May Pragapati, the abounding one, the highest ruler, bestow vigour, offspring, immortality on me. Svéha ! ‘ Pragapati, no other one than Thou (Rig-veda X, 121, 10). 14. I read, as Prof. Stenzler and the Petersburg Dictionary do, svaré ksharazi. Comp. P&raskara III, 3, 6. 208 ASVALAYANA-GRIHYA-SUTRA. 15. The eighth (oblation) is that to (Agni) Svishéakrct. 16. He should give to the Braéhmamzas to eat: this has been said. Kawpika 5, 1. On the following day the Anvash¢akya (i. e. the ceremony following the Ash¢aka, is performed). 2. Having prepared (a portion) of that same meat, having established the fire on a surface inclined towards the south, having fenced it in, and made a door on the north side of the enclosure, having strewn round (the fire) three times sacrificial grass with its roots, without tossing it, turning the left side towards the fire, he should put down the things to be offered, boiled rice, boiled rice with sesamum seeds, rice-milk, meal-pap with curds, and meal-pap with honey. 3. (The ceremony should be performed) according to the ritual of the Pizdapitvzyagza. 4. Having sacrificed (of those sorts of food) with the exception of the meal-pap with honey, let him give (lumps of those substances) to the Fathers. 5. And to (their) wives, with the addition of rum and the scum of boiled rice. 6. Some (place the lumps to be offered) into pits, into two or into six. 16. See above, chap. 3, 13. 5, 2. The meat is that of the animal killed on the Ash/aké day ; see chap. 4, 13. 3. This ritual is given in the Srauta-sitra II, 6 seq. 4. He sacrifices the two oblations prescribed in the Srauta-sitra II, 6, 12, to Soma pitv7mat and to Agni kavyavahana. II ADHYAYA, 6 KANDIKA, I. 209 7. In those situated to the east he should give (the offerings) to the Fathers. 8. In those to the west, to the wives. g. Thereby the ceremony celebrated in the rainy ' season on the MAgha day, in the dark fortnight after the full moon of Praush¢dapada (has been declared), to. And thus he should offer (a celebration like the Anvashéakya) to the Fathers every month, observing uneven numbers (i.e. selecting a day with an uneven number, inviting an uneven number of Brahmanzas, &c.). 11. He should give food at least to nine (Brahmamas), 12. Or to an uneven number ;
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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