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112, To the bull honour is done (by adorning it, by lavish food, &c.). 13. By the cow-sacrifice also the horse-sacrifice (i.e. the sacrifice by which thriving horses are obtained) has been explained. 14. Of deities Yama and Varuma are added here (to the deities stated above) (Sfitra 11). 15. (After the cow-sacrifice) the cows are besprinkled with scented water; the cows are besprinkled with scented water. KAwpixkA 7. 1. Now (follows) the Sravaz4 ceremony. 2. It has to be performed on the full-moon day (of the month Srdvama). 3. Having besmeared (a surface) to the east of the house (with cow-dung), they carry forward (to that place) fire taken from the (sacred) domestic fire. 4. He besmears four spots to the four sides (of the fire), 5. Towards the (four) directions, 6. (To the extent) of more than one prakrama (i.e. step). 7. He puts a dish on the fire and fries (in that 15. As to the repetition of the last words of this chapter, see the notes on I, 4, 31; II, 8, 253 10, go. 7,1 seq. The Sravam& ceremony or the Bali-offering to the Serpents. Comp. Khadira-Grthya III, 2, 1 seq., and the elaborate paper of Dr. Winternitz, Der Sarpabali, ein altindischer Schlangencult (Wien, 1888). 90 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA. dish) one handful of barley-grains, without burning them. . 8. To the west of the fire he places a mortar so that it stands firmly, and husks (the grains), separating (the husked and the unhusked grains ?). 9. After he has carefully ground them to flour, and has thrown (that) into a wooden cup (éamasa), and covered it with a winnowing-basket, he puts it up (in the house). 10. Between (the besmeared surface) towards the south, and that towards the east (there should be) a passage. 11, After sunset he takes the wooden cup, (the spoon called) Darvi, and the winnowing-basket, and goes to (the fire) which has been carried forward (Sdtra 3). ‘12. He throws the flour into the winnowingbasket and fills the wooden cup with water. 13. He takes once a quantity of flour with the Darvi spoon, pours out water on the besmeared place to the east (of the fire), and offers (there) a Bali with (the words), ‘O king of Serpents, dwelling towards the east, this is thy Bali!’ (MB. IT, 1, 1). 14. He pours the rest of the water over (that Bali, taking care) that it does not carry away the Bali. 8. As to avahanti, comp. above, I, 7, 4; Hillebrandt, Neu- und Vollmondsopfer, p. 30. 11. According to the commentary atipramfta means the fire which has been carried forward (Sfitra 3). Another explanation is then added, which is based on a quotation from a ‘tantrantara:’ ‘After he has established a fire, he should carry forward one firebrand taken from that fire, in a south-eastern direction, with the Mantra ye rfipani pratimua@kam4n4&h &c.; that fire is the atiprazita fire.’ III PRAPATHAKA, 7 KANDIKA, 21. gI
2gI 15. Turning round from right to left, he besprinkles the wooden cup and the Darvi spoon, warms them, and (repeats the offering of a Bali) in the same way towards the south, towards the west, and towards the north, as the Mantra (MB. II, 1, 1. 2) runs, without turning away (between the single Baliofferings). 16. After he has thrown the remnants (of flour) out of the basket into the fire, he goes to that fire which has not been carried forward. 17. To the west of that fire he touches the earth with his two hands turned downwards, and murmurs the Mantra, ‘Adoration to the Earth’s’— (MB. II, 1, 3). 18. In the evening boiled rice-grains with milk (are prepared). 19. Of that (milk-rice) he should make oblations with (the formulas), ‘ To Sravama, to Vishzu, to Agni, to Pragdpati, to the Visve dev4s Sv4ha!’ 20. The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthalip4ka rite. 21. To the north of the fire he places a bunch of Darbha grass with roots, and murmurs the Mantra, ‘Soma the king’ (ibid. 4), and, ‘The agreement which you have made’ (ibid. 5). 15. Literally, ‘turning round, following his left arm.’ Comp. S&nkhayana II, 3,2. The Mantra runs thus, ‘O king of Serpents, dwelling towards the south (the west, the north), this is thy Bali!’ 16. Comp. Sfitra 11 and the note. 17. Comp. below, IV, 5, 3. 20, Grrhya-samgraha I,114: ‘ Where the technical expression is used, “The rest according to the rite of the Sthalfpakas,” he should, after he has sacrificed the two Agyabh4gas, pour (Agya) into the Srué and cut off (the Avaddnas with the Srué). Comp. Gobhila I, 8, 3 seq. 92 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA. 22, On the following day he has flour of fried barley-grains prepared, and in a new pot, covering (it with another pot), he puts it up (in his house). 23. (Of that flour) he should silently offer Balis day by day in the evening, before the sacrifice, until the AgrahAyamt day. KaAwopikA 8. 1. On the full-moon day of (the month) Asvayuga, at the Pyishataka ceremony, a mess of boiled ricegrains with milk, sacred to Rudra, (is prepared). 2. Of that (milk-rice) let him sacrifice, the first oblation with (the verse), ‘To us, O Mitra and Varuaa’ (Sd4ma-veda I, 220), the second with (the verse), ‘ Not in our offspring’ (Rig-veda I, 114, 8), 3. And (eight Agya oblations) with the ‘cow's names’ (i.e. with the formulas), ‘ The lovely one art thou,’ &c., with each (name) separately. 4. The rest (should be performed) according to the Sth4ltp4ka rite. 5. Having carried the Przshataka around the fire, turning his right side towards (the fire), and having caused the Brahmazas to look at it (i.e. at the Pvzshataka), he should look at it himself with (the verse 23. The sacrifice is that prescribed in Sfitras 18. 19, which should, as well as the offering of Balis, be daily repeated.
3at the Pvzshataka), he should look at it himself with (the verse 23. The sacrifice is that prescribed in Sfitras 18. 19, which should, as well as the offering of Balis, be daily repeated. 8,1 seq. The Prishataka ceremony; comp. Khadira-Grzhya III, 3, 1 seq. A PrishAtaka is a mixture of milk or of curds with Agya; comp. Khd. |. 1. 3; Grthya-samgraha II, 59; Sankh4yana IV, 16, 3 note. . 3. The ‘cow’s names’ are given in the Grzhya-samgraha II, 60; of the nine names given there the last is omitted at the Prishataka ceremony. 4. See above, chap. 7, 20 and the note. III PRAPATHAKA, 8 KANDIKA, 16. 93 repeated by the Brahmamas and by the sacrificer), ‘That bright eye, created by the gods, which rises on the east—may we see it a hundred autumns; may we live a hundred autumns !’ 6. After he has entertained the Brahmazas with food and has eaten himself, (the sacrificer and his family) should tie (to their arms, necks, &c.) amulets made of lac together with all sorts of herbs, for the sake of prosperity. 7. In the evening he should feed the cows with the Przshataka, and should let the calves join them. 8. Thus (the cows) will thrive. g. At the sacrifice of the first fruits a mess of boiled rice-grains with milk, sacred to Indra and Agni, (is prepared). 10. Having sacrificed first a Havis offering of that (milk-rice), he sacrifices over that (oblation) four Agya oblations with (the verses), ‘To him who bears a hundred weapons,’ &c. (MB. II, 1, 9-12). 11, The rest (should be performed) according to the Sth4lipaka rite. 12, The rest of the remnants of the sacrificial food he should give to eat to all (persons present) who have received the initiation (Upanayana). 13. Having ‘spread under’ water once, he should cut off two portions of the boiled rice-grains, 14. Three (portions are cut off) by descendants of Bhzzgu. 15. And over (these portions) water (is poured). 16. (After the food has been prepared in this 9 seq. The sacrifice of the first fruits; comp. Khadira-Gr¢hya III, 3, 6 seq. 11. See chap. 7, 20 and the note. 16, 20. Instead of asamsvadam, samsvadayeran, I read 94 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA. way), he should swallow it without chewing it, with (the Mantra), ‘From the good to the better’ (ibid. 13). 17. In the same way three times. 18. Silently a fourth time. 19. After he has cut off a greater portion, 20. They may, if they like, chew that. 21. Having sipped water, they should touch their mouths, their heads, and their limbs from above downwards, with (the verse), ‘This art thou’ (ibid. 14). 22. In the same way (sacrifices of the first fruits are performed) of Sy4m4ka (panicum frumentaceum) and of barley. 23. (At the sacrifice) of Sy4m4ka (the Mantra with which the food is partaken of [comp. Sdtra 16], is), ‘May Agni eat as the first’ (ibid. 15). 24. (At the sacrifice) of barley, ‘This barley, mixed with honey’ (ibid. 16). KAwoikd 9.
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112, To the bull honour is done (by adorning it, by lavish food, &c.). 13. By the cow-sacrifice also the horse-sacrifice (i.e. the sacrifice by which thriving horses are obtained) has been explained. 14. Of deities Yama and Varuma are added here (to the deities stated above) (Sfitra 11). 15. (After the cow-sacrifice) the cows are besprinkled with scented water; the cows are besprinkled with scented water. KAwpixkA 7. 1. Now (follows) the Sravaz4 ceremony. 2. It has to be performed on the full-moon day (of the month Srdvama). 3. Having besmeared (a surface) to the east of the house (with cow-dung), they carry forward (to that place) fire taken from the (sacred) domestic fire. 4. He besmears four spots to the four sides (of the fire), 5. Towards the (four) directions, 6. (To the extent) of more than one prakrama (i.e. step). 7. He puts a dish on the fire and fries (in that 15. As to the repetition of the last words of this chapter, see the notes on I, 4, 31; II, 8, 253 10, go. 7,1 seq. The Sravam& ceremony or the Bali-offering to the Serpents. Comp. Khadira-Grthya III, 2, 1 seq., and the elaborate paper of Dr. Winternitz, Der Sarpabali, ein altindischer Schlangencult (Wien, 1888). 90 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA. dish) one handful of barley-grains, without burning them. . 8. To the west of the fire he places a mortar so that it stands firmly, and husks (the grains), separating (the husked and the unhusked grains ?). 9. After he has carefully ground them to flour, and has thrown (that) into a wooden cup (éamasa), and covered it with a winnowing-basket, he puts it up (in the house). 10. Between (the besmeared surface) towards the south, and that towards the east (there should be) a passage. 11, After sunset he takes the wooden cup, (the spoon called) Darvi, and the winnowing-basket, and goes to (the fire) which has been carried forward (Sdtra 3). ‘12. He throws the flour into the winnowingbasket and fills the wooden cup with water. 13. He takes once a quantity of flour with the Darvi spoon, pours out water on the besmeared place to the east (of the fire), and offers (there) a Bali with (the words), ‘O king of Serpents, dwelling towards the east, this is thy Bali!’ (MB. IT, 1, 1). 14. He pours the rest of the water over (that Bali, taking care) that it does not carry away the Bali. 8. As to avahanti, comp. above, I, 7, 4; Hillebrandt, Neu- und Vollmondsopfer, p. 30. 11. According to the commentary atipramfta means the fire which has been carried forward (Sfitra 3). Another explanation is then added, which is based on a quotation from a ‘tantrantara:’ ‘After he has established a fire, he should carry forward one firebrand taken from that fire, in a south-eastern direction, with the Mantra ye rfipani pratimua@kam4n4&h &c.; that fire is the atiprazita fire.’ III PRAPATHAKA, 7 KANDIKA, 21. gI
2gI 15. Turning round from right to left, he besprinkles the wooden cup and the Darvi spoon, warms them, and (repeats the offering of a Bali) in the same way towards the south, towards the west, and towards the north, as the Mantra (MB. II, 1, 1. 2) runs, without turning away (between the single Baliofferings). 16. After he has thrown the remnants (of flour) out of the basket into the fire, he goes to that fire which has not been carried forward. 17. To the west of that fire he touches the earth with his two hands turned downwards, and murmurs the Mantra, ‘Adoration to the Earth’s’— (MB. II, 1, 3). 18. In the evening boiled rice-grains with milk (are prepared). 19. Of that (milk-rice) he should make oblations with (the formulas), ‘ To Sravama, to Vishzu, to Agni, to Pragdpati, to the Visve dev4s Sv4ha!’ 20. The rest (should be performed) according to the Sthalip4ka rite. 21. To the north of the fire he places a bunch of Darbha grass with roots, and murmurs the Mantra, ‘Soma the king’ (ibid. 4), and, ‘The agreement which you have made’ (ibid. 5). 15. Literally, ‘turning round, following his left arm.’ Comp. S&nkhayana II, 3,2. The Mantra runs thus, ‘O king of Serpents, dwelling towards the south (the west, the north), this is thy Bali!’ 16. Comp. Sfitra 11 and the note. 17. Comp. below, IV, 5, 3. 20, Grrhya-samgraha I,114: ‘ Where the technical expression is used, “The rest according to the rite of the Sthalfpakas,” he should, after he has sacrificed the two Agyabh4gas, pour (Agya) into the Srué and cut off (the Avaddnas with the Srué). Comp. Gobhila I, 8, 3 seq. 92 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA. 22, On the following day he has flour of fried barley-grains prepared, and in a new pot, covering (it with another pot), he puts it up (in his house). 23. (Of that flour) he should silently offer Balis day by day in the evening, before the sacrifice, until the AgrahAyamt day. KaAwopikA 8. 1. On the full-moon day of (the month) Asvayuga, at the Pyishataka ceremony, a mess of boiled ricegrains with milk, sacred to Rudra, (is prepared). 2. Of that (milk-rice) let him sacrifice, the first oblation with (the verse), ‘To us, O Mitra and Varuaa’ (Sd4ma-veda I, 220), the second with (the verse), ‘ Not in our offspring’ (Rig-veda I, 114, 8), 3. And (eight Agya oblations) with the ‘cow's names’ (i.e. with the formulas), ‘ The lovely one art thou,’ &c., with each (name) separately. 4. The rest (should be performed) according to the Sth4ltp4ka rite. 5. Having carried the Przshataka around the fire, turning his right side towards (the fire), and having caused the Brahmazas to look at it (i.e. at the Pvzshataka), he should look at it himself with (the verse 23. The sacrifice is that prescribed in Sfitras 18. 19, which should, as well as the offering of Balis, be daily repeated.
3at the Pvzshataka), he should look at it himself with (the verse 23. The sacrifice is that prescribed in Sfitras 18. 19, which should, as well as the offering of Balis, be daily repeated. 8,1 seq. The Prishataka ceremony; comp. Khadira-Grzhya III, 3, 1 seq. A PrishAtaka is a mixture of milk or of curds with Agya; comp. Khd. |. 1. 3; Grthya-samgraha II, 59; Sankh4yana IV, 16, 3 note. . 3. The ‘cow’s names’ are given in the Grzhya-samgraha II, 60; of the nine names given there the last is omitted at the Prishataka ceremony. 4. See above, chap. 7, 20 and the note. III PRAPATHAKA, 8 KANDIKA, 16. 93 repeated by the Brahmamas and by the sacrificer), ‘That bright eye, created by the gods, which rises on the east—may we see it a hundred autumns; may we live a hundred autumns !’ 6. After he has entertained the Brahmazas with food and has eaten himself, (the sacrificer and his family) should tie (to their arms, necks, &c.) amulets made of lac together with all sorts of herbs, for the sake of prosperity. 7. In the evening he should feed the cows with the Przshataka, and should let the calves join them. 8. Thus (the cows) will thrive. g. At the sacrifice of the first fruits a mess of boiled rice-grains with milk, sacred to Indra and Agni, (is prepared). 10. Having sacrificed first a Havis offering of that (milk-rice), he sacrifices over that (oblation) four Agya oblations with (the verses), ‘To him who bears a hundred weapons,’ &c. (MB. II, 1, 9-12). 11, The rest (should be performed) according to the Sth4lipaka rite. 12, The rest of the remnants of the sacrificial food he should give to eat to all (persons present) who have received the initiation (Upanayana). 13. Having ‘spread under’ water once, he should cut off two portions of the boiled rice-grains, 14. Three (portions are cut off) by descendants of Bhzzgu. 15. And over (these portions) water (is poured). 16. (After the food has been prepared in this 9 seq. The sacrifice of the first fruits; comp. Khadira-Gr¢hya III, 3, 6 seq. 11. See chap. 7, 20 and the note. 16, 20. Instead of asamsvadam, samsvadayeran, I read 94 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA. way), he should swallow it without chewing it, with (the Mantra), ‘From the good to the better’ (ibid. 13). 17. In the same way three times. 18. Silently a fourth time. 19. After he has cut off a greater portion, 20. They may, if they like, chew that. 21. Having sipped water, they should touch their mouths, their heads, and their limbs from above downwards, with (the verse), ‘This art thou’ (ibid. 14). 22. In the same way (sacrifices of the first fruits are performed) of Sy4m4ka (panicum frumentaceum) and of barley. 23. (At the sacrifice) of Sy4m4ka (the Mantra with which the food is partaken of [comp. Sdtra 16], is), ‘May Agni eat as the first’ (ibid. 15). 24. (At the sacrifice) of barley, ‘This barley, mixed with honey’ (ibid. 16). KAwoikd 9.
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