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2g. 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 paitr7ka and daivika Braéhmamas, comp. the note on Sankh4yana IV, 1, 2.

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34. And has given them Darbha grass (in order that they may sit down thereon),

35. He gives them (pure) water and afterwards
sesamum-water, pronouncing his father’s name, ‘ N.
N.! To thee this sesamum-water, and to those who
follow thee here, and to those whom thou followest.
To thee Svadha !’

36. After he has touched water, (he does) the same for the other two.

37. In the same way (he gives them) perfumes.

38. The words in which he addresses (the Brahmazas) when going to sacrifice, are, ‘I shall offer it into the fire.’

• 39. After they have replied, ‘ Offer it,’ he should cut off (the prescribed portions) from the two messes of cooked food (Sitra 14), (and should put those portions) into the brazen vessel. He then should sacrifice, picking out (portions of the Havis) with the pot-ladle, the first (oblation) with (the words), ‘Sv4ha to Soma Pitrvzmat, the second with (the words), ‘Svéh4 to Agni Kavyavahana’ (MB. II, 3,
• I. 2).

34. Comp. the note, p. 932 of the edition of Gobhila in the Bibliotheca Indica.

35. Regarding the sesamum-water (i.e. water into which sesamum seeds have been thrown), comp. Asvalayana-Grihya IV, 7, 11.

36. He repeats the same ceremony, pronouncing his grandfather’s, instead of his father’s, name; then he repeats it for his great-grandfather.

37. He gives perfumes to the Brahmamas, addressing first his father, then his grandfather and his great-grandfather.

38, 39. Comp. Asvaliyana-Grihya IV, 7, 18 seq. Regarding the term upaghatam guhuy4t, comp. Grzhya-samgraha I, rr1 seq. and Professor Bloomfield’s note. Regarding the oblation made to Agni Kavyavahana, comp. Apastamba VIII, 15, 20: Agnim Kavyavahanam Svishfakridarthe yagati.

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KAwoikA 3.

1. From now onwards he has to perform (the rites) wearing his sacrificial cord over his right shoulder and keeping silence.

2. With his left hand he should seize a Darbha blade and should (therewith) draw (in the middle of the three pits) a line from north to south, with (the formula), ‘The Asuras have been driven away’ (MB. II, 3, 3.

3. Seizing, again with his left hand, a fire-brand,
he should place it on the south side of the pits with
(the verse), ‘They who assuming (manifold) shapes’
(ibid. 4).

4. He then calls the Fathers (to his sacrifice) with (the verse), ‘Come hither, ye Fathers, who have drunk Soma’ (ibid. 5).

5. He then should place pAtra vessels of water near the pits.

6. Seizing, again with his left hand, (the first) vessel, he should pour it out from right to left on the Darbha grass in the eastern pit, pronouncing his father’s name, ‘N. N.! Wash thyself, and (may) those who follow thee here, and those whom thou followest, (wash themselves). To thee Svadha!’

6. Seizing, again with his left hand, (the first) vessel, he should pour it out from right to left on the Darbha grass in the eastern pit, pronouncing his father’s name, ‘N. N.! Wash thyself, and (may) those who follow thee here, and those whom thou followest, (wash themselves). To thee Svadha!’

7. After he has touched water, (he does) the same for the other two.

8. Seizing, again with his left hand, the Darvt spoon, he should cut off one-third of the mixture (of

3, 1. Comp. I, 2, 3 seq.

• 2. Katydyana-Srauta-sitra IV, 1, 8.
• 3. Katyéyana-Srauta-sfitra IV, 1, 9.
• 6. K4tydyana-Srauta-sfitra IV, 1, ro.
• 4. See chap. 2, 36.

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the different kinds of sacrificial food) and should put down (that Piszda), from right to left, on the Darbha grass in the eastern pit, pronouncing his father’s name,‘N. N:! This Piszda is thine, and of those who follow thee here, and of those whom thou followest. To thee Svadha!’

9. After he has touched water, (he does) the same for the other two.

10. If he does not know their names, he should put down the first Pizda with (the formula), ‘Svadha to the Fathers dwelling on the earth,’ the second with (the formula), ‘Svadha to the Fathers dwelling in the air,’ the third with (the formula), ‘Svadh4 to the Fathers dwelling in heaven.’

11. After he has put down (the three Pisdas), he murmurs, ‘ Here, O Fathers, enjoy yourselves ; show your manly vigour each for his part’ (MB. II, 3, 6).

12. He should turn away, (should hold his breath,) and turning back before he emits his breath, he should murmur, ‘ The Fathers have enjoyed themselves; they have shown their manly vigour each for his part’ (ibid. 7).

13. Seizing, again with his left hand, a Darbha blade (anointed with collyrium; chap. 2, 30), he should put it down, from right to left, on the Pisda in the eastern pit, pronouncing his father’s name, ‘N. N.! This collyrium is thine, and is that of those who follow thee here, and of those whom thou followest. To thee Svadha!’

14. After he has touched water, (he does) the same for the other two.

15. In the same way (he offers) the oil (to the fathers) ;

9, 14. See chap. 2, 36. 15. See chap. 2, 31.

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16. In the same way the perfume.

17. Then he performs the deprecation (in the following way) :

18. On the eastern pit he lays his hands, turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with (the formula), ‘Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of life! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of vital breath!’ (MB. II, 3, 8);

19. On the middle (pit), turning the inside of the left hand upwards, with (the formula), ‘ Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of terror! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of sap!’ (MB., loc. cit.) ;

20. On the last (pit), turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with (the formula), ‘ Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of comfort! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of wrath!’ (MB. II, 3, 9)-

Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of sap!’ (MB., loc. cit.) ;

20. On the last (pit), turning the inside of the right hand upwards, with (the formula), ‘ Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of comfort! Adoration to you, O Fathers, for the sake of wrath!’ (MB. II, 3, 9)-

21. Then joining his hands he murmurs, ‘ Adoration to you, O Fathers! O Fathers! Adoration to you !’ (MB., loc. cit.).

22. He looks at his house with (the words), ‘Give us a house, O Fathers!’ (MB. IT, 3, 10).

23. He looks at the Pizdas with (the words), ‘May we give you an abode, O Fathers!’ (MB. II, 3, 11).

24. Seizing, again with his left hand, the linen thread, he should put it down, from right to ‘left, on the Pizda in the eastern pit, pronouncing his father’s

16. See chap. 2, 29.

18 seq. Comp. Vag. Samhita II, 32.

23. The Vagasaneyi Samhita (loc. cit.) has the reading, sato vah pitaro deshma, ‘May we give you, O Fathers, of what we possess |’ 24. Comp. chap. 2, 32.

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name, ‘N.N.! This garment is thine, and is that of those who follow thee here, and of those whom thou followest. To thee Svadha!’ (MB. II, 3, 12).

25. After he has touched water, (he does) the same for the other two.

26. Seizing, again with his left hand, the vessel of water (Sfitra 5), he should sprinkle (water) round the Pizdas from right to left, with (the verse), ‘ Bringing sap’ (MB. II, 3, 13).

27. The middle Pinda (offered to the grandfather) the wife (of the sacrificer) should eat, if she is desirous of a son, with (the verse), ‘Give fruit to the womb, O Fathers’ (MB. II, 3, 14).

28. Or of those Bréhmazas (that person) who receives the remnants (of the sacrificial food, should eat that Pizda).

29. Having besprinkled (and thus extinguished) the fire-brand (Sdtra 3) with water, with (the verse), ‘GAtavedas has been our messenger for what we have offered’ (MB. II, 3, 15)—

30. (The sacrificer) should besprinkle the sacrificial vessels, and should have them taken back, two by two.

31. The Pizdas he should throw into water,

32. Or into the fire which has been carried forward (to the east side of the pits, chap. 2, 18),

33. Or he should give them to a Brahmaza to eat,

34. Or he should give them to a cow.

35. On the occasion of a lucky event (such as the birth of a son, &c.) or of a meritorious work (such as the dedication of a pond or of a garden) he should give food to an even number (of Brahmamas).

• 25. See chap. 2, 36.
• 35. Comp. Sankhayana-Grthya IV, 4.

IV PRAPATHAKA, 4 KANDIKA, 6. ILI

• 36. The rite (is performed) from left to right.
• 37. Barley is used instead of sesamum.

KAwnpikA 4,

1. By (the description of) the Sth4lipaka offered at the Anvash¢akya ceremony the Pindapitrzyagia has been declared ;

2. This is a Sraddha offered on the day of the new moon.

3. Another (Sraddha) is the Anvaharya.

4. (It is performed) monthly.