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1With the (spoon called) Darvi which is made of Udumbara wood, he cuts off in one continual line which is directed towards south-east, (the Avadana portions) 14, 1. Hiramyakesin describes only one Ash/fak4, the Ekash/ak4, while the other texts speak of three or four Ash/ak4s; comp. the quotations in the note on Sankhayana III, 12, 1. 4. The rules of the Srauta ritual regarding the baking of the Purodasa are given by Hillebrandt, Neu- und Vollmondsopfer, P. 43. Il PRASNA, 5 PATALA, I4 SECTION, 7. 233 one after the other, spreading under and sprinkling over them (Agya), and sacrifices them, one after the other, in one continual line which is directed towards south-east, with (the Mantras), ‘The mortars, the pressing-stones have made their noise, preparing the annual offering. Ekdsh¢akA! May we be rich in offspring, in valiant sons, the lords of wealth. Svadha! Adoration ! ‘God Agni! The cake which is prepared with ghee and accompanied by (the word) svadhd, that the Fathers may satiate themselves— (this our) offering carry duly, Agni. I, the son, sacrifice an oblation to my fathers. Svadh4! Adoration! ‘Here is a cake, Agni, prepared from four cups (of rice), with ghee, rich in milk, in wealth, in prosperity. May the Fathers gladly accept it all together; may it be well sacrificed and well offered by me. Svadh4! Adoration!’ 5. Then he makes oblations of (other) food with (the verses), ‘The one who shone forth as the first,’ ‘The Ekash¢aka, devoting herself to austerities,’ ‘She who shone forth as the first’ (Taitt, Samhita IV, 3, 11, I. 3. 5). 6. Cutting off (the Avadanas destined for the Svishéakvzt oblation) together from the cake and from the (other) food and mixing them with clarified butter, he makes an oblation thereof with (the formula), ‘To Agni Kavyavahana Svishéakvzt svadh4! Adoration!’ 7. That (cake) with ghee and honey and with the food (mentioned in Sftras 5. 6) he touches in the way prescribed for the Sraddha ceremony and puts 7. Comp. above, chap. 11, 4; 12, 2 seq. 234 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. down lumps (of it) according to the ritual of the Pinda offerings. 8. (The remains of) that (cake, &c.) he serves to learned Brahmaaas. 9. He gives them food and presents as at the Sraddha ceremony. 10. The known (rites) down to the pouring out of the handfuls of water (are performed here) as at the monthly (Sraddha). ParaLa 5, Section 15. 1. On the following day he sacrifices a cow to the Fathers.
29. He gives them food and presents as at the Sraddha ceremony. 10. The known (rites) down to the pouring out of the handfuls of water (are performed here) as at the monthly (Sraddha). ParaLa 5, Section 15. 1. On the following day he sacrifices a cow to the Fathers. 2. Having put wood on the fire and strewn southward-pointed and eastward-pointed Darbha grass around it, he sacrifices the oblation for the touching of the animal (see below), with (the verse), ‘ This cow I touch for the Fathers; may my assembled fathers gladly accept it (which is offered) with fat and ghee, with the word svadh4; may it satiate my fathers in the other world. Svadh4! Adoration!’ Then he touches (the cow) with one (blade of) sacrificial grass and with an unforked Vapdsrapazt of Udumbara wood, with (the formula), ‘I touch thee agreeable to the Fathers.’ 3. He sprinkles (the cow with water) with (the words), ‘I sprinkle thee agreeable to the Fathers.’ 4. When it has been sprinkled and fire has been 10. See above, chap. 12, 13. 15, 2. On the Vap4srapazi, comp. K&tyayana VI, 5, 7; Asval.- Grihya I, 11, 8. Comp. besides, Taitt. Samh. VI, 3, 6; Apastamba-Srauta-sfitra VII, 8, 3; 12, 5 seq. 4. The Udiéyas read, as M§trrdatta states, ‘to the south of the fire,’ Il PRASNA, 5 PATALA, 15 SECTION, 9. 235 carried round it, they kill it to the west of the fire, its head being turned to the west, its feet to the south. 5. After it has been killed, he silently ‘strengthens’ its sense-organs (by touching them) with water, and silently takes out the omentum, the heart, and the kidneys. 6. With the Vapasrapamt of Udumbara wood he roasts the omentum; with spits of Udumbara wood the other (parts mentioned in Sdtra 5) separately. 7. After he has roasted them, and has sprinkled Agya over them, and has taken them from the frre, he sprinkles water round (the fire) from right to left, puts a piece of Udumbara wood on (the fire), and sacrifices with a Darvi spoon of Udumbara wood the omentum, spreading under and sprinkling over it (Agya), with (the verse), ‘Carry the omentum, GAtavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of fat flow to them ; may their wishes with all their desires be fulfilled. Svadha! Adoration!’ 8. He sacrifices the omentum entirely. The other parts (Sftra 5) he should offer to the Brahmazas and should feed them (with those parts of the cow). 9. When the food (for the Brahmamas) is ready, he cuts off (the Avad4nas) together from the mess of boiled rice, and from the pieces of meat, and mixing them with clarified butter he makes oblations §- On the ‘strengthening ’ of the sense-organs of an immolated victim, comp. Apastamba-Srauta-stitra VII, 18, 6 seq. Schwab, Thieropfer, 110.—On matasne, see Indische Studien, IX, 248 ; Schwab 127. 8. Possibly the reading of the Udi4yas indicated by MA&tr¢datta, vy4kritya instead of up4kritya, is correct. The translation would be, ‘ With the rest, distributing it, &c.’
3Apastamba-Srauta-stitra VII, 18, 6 seq. Schwab, Thieropfer, 110.—On matasne, see Indische Studien, IX, 248 ; Schwab 127. 8. Possibly the reading of the Udi4yas indicated by MA&tr¢datta, vy4kritya instead of up4kritya, is correct. The translation would be, ‘ With the rest, distributing it, &c.’ 236 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN, thereof with the verses, ‘ Behold the EkAsh¢ak4, the giver of food with meat and ghee, (which is offered) with (the word) svadha. By the Brahmamas that food is purified. May it be an imperishable (blessing) to me! Svadha! Adoration!’ ‘The Ekdsh¢ak4, devoting herself to austerities, the consort of the year, exuberant (with milk), has poured forth milk. May you live on that milk, O Fathers, all together. May this (food) be well offered and well sacrificed by me! Svadh4! Adoration ! ‘The image of the year’ (Taitt. Sawzh. V, 7, 2, 1). 10. After he has sacrificed, he cuts off (the Avadanas) from the food and from the pieces of meat, and mixing them with clarified butter he makes an oblation with (the formula), ‘To Agni Kavyavahana Svish¢akvzt svadha! Adoration!’ 11. The known (rites) down to the pouring out of the handfuls of water (are performed here) as at the monthly (Sraddha). 12. The gifts of food and presents, however, are not necessary here. 13. On the following day, he prepares food for the Fathers with the rest of the meat, and sacrifices with (the two verses), ‘Thou, Agni, art quick,’ (and), ‘ Pragdpati !’ (see above, I, 1, 3, 5). 14. (=Sftra 11). End of the Fifth Paéala. 11. See above, chap. 14, 10. 12. See chap. 14, 9. 13. This is the so-called Anvash/akya ceremony. Il PRASNA, 6 PATALA, 16 SECTION, 5. 237 Prasna II, Parata 6, Secrion 16. 1. Now (follows) the Srava#4 ceremony, 2. On the day of that full moon which falls under (the Nakshatra) Sravaza, after the evening Agnihotra he puts wood on the (third of the three Srauta fires, called the) Dakshizagni. One who has not set up the (Srauta) fires, (does the same with) the sacred domestic fire. 3. Then he procures unbroken grains, unbroken fried grains, coarsely ground grains, (leaves and blossoms) of the Kimsuka tree, collyrium and (other) salve, and Agya. 4. Having ‘spread under’ (Agya) in the (spoon called) Darvi, he cuts off (the Avadanas) of those kinds of food (mentioned in Sftra 3), mixes them with clarified butter, and sacrifices (with the formulas), ‘ Adoration to Agni the terrestrial, the lord of terrestrial beings! Svah4! Adoration to Vayu the all-pervading, the lord of aerial beings! Svaha! Adoration to Sfrya, the red one, the lord of celestial beings! Svaha! Adoration to Vishzu, the whitish one, the lord of the beings that dwell in the quarters (of the world), Sv4ha !’ 5. He anoints the Kimsuka (flowers and leaves) with Agya, and sacrifices with (the Mantras), ‘Devoured is the gadfly; devoured is thirst (?); devoured is the stinging worm.’ ‘ Devoured is the stinging worm; devoured is thirst; devoured is the gadfly,’
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.
1With the (spoon called) Darvi which is made of Udumbara wood, he cuts off in one continual line which is directed towards south-east, (the Avadana portions) 14, 1. Hiramyakesin describes only one Ash/fak4, the Ekash/ak4, while the other texts speak of three or four Ash/ak4s; comp. the quotations in the note on Sankhayana III, 12, 1. 4. The rules of the Srauta ritual regarding the baking of the Purodasa are given by Hillebrandt, Neu- und Vollmondsopfer, P. 43. Il PRASNA, 5 PATALA, I4 SECTION, 7. 233 one after the other, spreading under and sprinkling over them (Agya), and sacrifices them, one after the other, in one continual line which is directed towards south-east, with (the Mantras), ‘The mortars, the pressing-stones have made their noise, preparing the annual offering. Ekdsh¢akA! May we be rich in offspring, in valiant sons, the lords of wealth. Svadha! Adoration ! ‘God Agni! The cake which is prepared with ghee and accompanied by (the word) svadhd, that the Fathers may satiate themselves— (this our) offering carry duly, Agni. I, the son, sacrifice an oblation to my fathers. Svadh4! Adoration! ‘Here is a cake, Agni, prepared from four cups (of rice), with ghee, rich in milk, in wealth, in prosperity. May the Fathers gladly accept it all together; may it be well sacrificed and well offered by me. Svadh4! Adoration!’ 5. Then he makes oblations of (other) food with (the verses), ‘The one who shone forth as the first,’ ‘The Ekash¢aka, devoting herself to austerities,’ ‘She who shone forth as the first’ (Taitt, Samhita IV, 3, 11, I. 3. 5). 6. Cutting off (the Avadanas destined for the Svishéakvzt oblation) together from the cake and from the (other) food and mixing them with clarified butter, he makes an oblation thereof with (the formula), ‘To Agni Kavyavahana Svishéakvzt svadh4! Adoration!’ 7. That (cake) with ghee and honey and with the food (mentioned in Sftras 5. 6) he touches in the way prescribed for the Sraddha ceremony and puts 7. Comp. above, chap. 11, 4; 12, 2 seq. 234 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN. down lumps (of it) according to the ritual of the Pinda offerings. 8. (The remains of) that (cake, &c.) he serves to learned Brahmaaas. 9. He gives them food and presents as at the Sraddha ceremony. 10. The known (rites) down to the pouring out of the handfuls of water (are performed here) as at the monthly (Sraddha). ParaLa 5, Section 15. 1. On the following day he sacrifices a cow to the Fathers.
29. He gives them food and presents as at the Sraddha ceremony. 10. The known (rites) down to the pouring out of the handfuls of water (are performed here) as at the monthly (Sraddha). ParaLa 5, Section 15. 1. On the following day he sacrifices a cow to the Fathers. 2. Having put wood on the fire and strewn southward-pointed and eastward-pointed Darbha grass around it, he sacrifices the oblation for the touching of the animal (see below), with (the verse), ‘ This cow I touch for the Fathers; may my assembled fathers gladly accept it (which is offered) with fat and ghee, with the word svadh4; may it satiate my fathers in the other world. Svadh4! Adoration!’ Then he touches (the cow) with one (blade of) sacrificial grass and with an unforked Vapdsrapazt of Udumbara wood, with (the formula), ‘I touch thee agreeable to the Fathers.’ 3. He sprinkles (the cow with water) with (the words), ‘I sprinkle thee agreeable to the Fathers.’ 4. When it has been sprinkled and fire has been 10. See above, chap. 12, 13. 15, 2. On the Vap4srapazi, comp. K&tyayana VI, 5, 7; Asval.- Grihya I, 11, 8. Comp. besides, Taitt. Samh. VI, 3, 6; Apastamba-Srauta-sfitra VII, 8, 3; 12, 5 seq. 4. The Udiéyas read, as M§trrdatta states, ‘to the south of the fire,’ Il PRASNA, 5 PATALA, 15 SECTION, 9. 235 carried round it, they kill it to the west of the fire, its head being turned to the west, its feet to the south. 5. After it has been killed, he silently ‘strengthens’ its sense-organs (by touching them) with water, and silently takes out the omentum, the heart, and the kidneys. 6. With the Vapasrapamt of Udumbara wood he roasts the omentum; with spits of Udumbara wood the other (parts mentioned in Sdtra 5) separately. 7. After he has roasted them, and has sprinkled Agya over them, and has taken them from the frre, he sprinkles water round (the fire) from right to left, puts a piece of Udumbara wood on (the fire), and sacrifices with a Darvi spoon of Udumbara wood the omentum, spreading under and sprinkling over it (Agya), with (the verse), ‘Carry the omentum, GAtavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of fat flow to them ; may their wishes with all their desires be fulfilled. Svadha! Adoration!’ 8. He sacrifices the omentum entirely. The other parts (Sftra 5) he should offer to the Brahmazas and should feed them (with those parts of the cow). 9. When the food (for the Brahmamas) is ready, he cuts off (the Avad4nas) together from the mess of boiled rice, and from the pieces of meat, and mixing them with clarified butter he makes oblations §- On the ‘strengthening ’ of the sense-organs of an immolated victim, comp. Apastamba-Srauta-stitra VII, 18, 6 seq. Schwab, Thieropfer, 110.—On matasne, see Indische Studien, IX, 248 ; Schwab 127. 8. Possibly the reading of the Udi4yas indicated by MA&tr¢datta, vy4kritya instead of up4kritya, is correct. The translation would be, ‘ With the rest, distributing it, &c.’
3Apastamba-Srauta-stitra VII, 18, 6 seq. Schwab, Thieropfer, 110.—On matasne, see Indische Studien, IX, 248 ; Schwab 127. 8. Possibly the reading of the Udi4yas indicated by MA&tr¢datta, vy4kritya instead of up4kritya, is correct. The translation would be, ‘ With the rest, distributing it, &c.’ 236 GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN, thereof with the verses, ‘ Behold the EkAsh¢ak4, the giver of food with meat and ghee, (which is offered) with (the word) svadha. By the Brahmamas that food is purified. May it be an imperishable (blessing) to me! Svadha! Adoration!’ ‘The Ekdsh¢ak4, devoting herself to austerities, the consort of the year, exuberant (with milk), has poured forth milk. May you live on that milk, O Fathers, all together. May this (food) be well offered and well sacrificed by me! Svadh4! Adoration ! ‘The image of the year’ (Taitt. Sawzh. V, 7, 2, 1). 10. After he has sacrificed, he cuts off (the Avadanas) from the food and from the pieces of meat, and mixing them with clarified butter he makes an oblation with (the formula), ‘To Agni Kavyavahana Svish¢akvzt svadha! Adoration!’ 11. The known (rites) down to the pouring out of the handfuls of water (are performed here) as at the monthly (Sraddha). 12. The gifts of food and presents, however, are not necessary here. 13. On the following day, he prepares food for the Fathers with the rest of the meat, and sacrifices with (the two verses), ‘Thou, Agni, art quick,’ (and), ‘ Pragdpati !’ (see above, I, 1, 3, 5). 14. (=Sftra 11). End of the Fifth Paéala. 11. See above, chap. 14, 10. 12. See chap. 14, 9. 13. This is the so-called Anvash/akya ceremony. Il PRASNA, 6 PATALA, 16 SECTION, 5. 237 Prasna II, Parata 6, Secrion 16. 1. Now (follows) the Srava#4 ceremony, 2. On the day of that full moon which falls under (the Nakshatra) Sravaza, after the evening Agnihotra he puts wood on the (third of the three Srauta fires, called the) Dakshizagni. One who has not set up the (Srauta) fires, (does the same with) the sacred domestic fire. 3. Then he procures unbroken grains, unbroken fried grains, coarsely ground grains, (leaves and blossoms) of the Kimsuka tree, collyrium and (other) salve, and Agya. 4. Having ‘spread under’ (Agya) in the (spoon called) Darvi, he cuts off (the Avadanas) of those kinds of food (mentioned in Sftra 3), mixes them with clarified butter, and sacrifices (with the formulas), ‘ Adoration to Agni the terrestrial, the lord of terrestrial beings! Svah4! Adoration to Vayu the all-pervading, the lord of aerial beings! Svaha! Adoration to Sfrya, the red one, the lord of celestial beings! Svaha! Adoration to Vishzu, the whitish one, the lord of the beings that dwell in the quarters (of the world), Sv4ha !’ 5. He anoints the Kimsuka (flowers and leaves) with Agya, and sacrifices with (the Mantras), ‘Devoured is the gadfly; devoured is thirst (?); devoured is the stinging worm.’ ‘ Devoured is the stinging worm; devoured is thirst; devoured is the gadfly,’
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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