Sankhayana-grihya-sutra

by Hermann Oldenberg | 1886 | 37,785 words

The Grihya-sutra ascribed to Shankhayana, which has been edited and translated into German in the XVth volume of the "Indische Studien", is based on the first of the four Vedas, the Rig-veda in the Bashkala recension, and among the Brahmana texts, on the Kaushitaka. Alternative titles: Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (शाङ्खायन-गृह्य-सूत्र), Shank...

Adhyāya IV, Khaṇḍa 16

1. On the full moon day of Āśvayuja a milk-rice oblation to Indra.

2. Having sacrificed Ājya with (the words), 'To the two Aśvins svāhā! To the two Aśvayuj svāhā! To the full moon of Āśvayuja svāhā! To the autumn svāhā! To Paśupati svāhā! To the tawny one svāhā!'—

3[1]. He shall sacrifice a mixture of curds and butter with this hymn, 'The cows came hither' (Rig-veda VI, 28), verse by verse.

4. That night they let the calves join their mothers.

5. Then feeding of the Brāhmaṇas.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

16, 3. Ghṛtamiśraṃ dadhi pṛṣātakam. Nārāyaṇa. Comp. the Gṛhya-saṃgraha II, 59.

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