यज्ञः
Yajña (Sacrifice and Ritual)
Vedic (śrauta) and domestic (gṛhya) sacrifices, agniṣṭoma, soma, paśubandha.
1160 paragraphs across 8 volumes
Volume I: Part I 72 paragraphs
...be ‘whose regulations do not fail’. The Atharvaveda contains many of those verses in which th...
...ater is distributed to travellers). The Ṛgveda condemns the selfish man who only caters ...
...hitās ( Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda and Atharvaveda ), the Brāhmaṇas (including the early U...
... two belong to the Bāskala Śākhā of the Ṛgveda, the last verse of which 'is tac-cham-y...
...yaṇīyagṛhya, edited by Dr. Caland in D. A. V. College Series at Lahore in 1925 with ext...
...in it and a paper ‘Kauśikaśūtra and the Atharvaveda’ by Prof. Edgerton in F. W. Thomas Pres...
...rses of the Sāmaveda are taken from the Ṛgveda (except about 75). In the Index of the ...
...es as compared with tha Vaidikas of the Ṛgveda and the Yajurveda. Even supposing that ...
...ne, has been closely connected with the Ṛgveda and the Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda occurs in the t...
...e by many persons from the times of the Ṛgveda and that some of such persons were Ṛgve...
... to have been originally taken from the Āśvamedhikaparva of the Mahābhārata, as Mādhava and othe...
...i. e. they should be striven for ). The Ṛgveda I. 162-1 employs the form ‘pravakṣyāmaḥ (we shal...
...ord Atharvāngirasaḥ that stands for the Atharvaveda. Baudhāyana quotes a *gāthā* of the Bhā...
...nd it is said to be a supplement of the Atharvaveda’. Here he probably refers to Arthaśāstr...
...ee unclean (*amedhya*) animals acc. to *Śat. Br. XII. 4. 1. 4*. *Edaka* is the 2nd word in ‘*ajādi-ga...
...s 10–11 ) occur in Rg., Atharvaveda and Tai. S. That shows that the Ap. M. P., though c...
... II. 5. 1-6 and Vaṣ XI. 48 which quotes Tai. S. VI. 3. 10. 5), the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa, the Maitrāyan...
The Vaṣ Dh. S. quotes largely from the Ṛgveda and other Vedic Samhitāṣ Among the Brāh...
...rvaśī and calls him Maitrāvaruṇa and in Rg. VII. 18. 21 we have the half verse ‘Pra ye gṛhāda- ...
...Agnir-vai brāhmaṇa iti śruteḥ’ (this is Śat. Br. I. 4. 2. 2); ‘Vaṣ 23. 23 mentions the mantra begin...
...n Dharma was later on affiliated to the Ṛgveda, when it became a fashion to have a com...
...t did not at first attach itself to the Ṛgveda.
...nd the three Gr. sūtras attached to the Ṛgveda are misleading and also incapable of pr...
...ord Tantra is a Vedic one. It occurs in Ṛg. X. 71. 9 (siris-tantam tanvate aprajāñayah). Tan...
...by the students of the Sāmaveda and the Ṛgveda respectively, there is hardly anything ...
...aff’ of a tree for driving cattle (vide Rg. VII. 33. 6 ) but it came to mean also ‘the power o...
...ra. It was said to be an Upaveda of the Atharvaveda, according to the Viṣṇupurāṇa
... Śau-naka, Arthaśāstra is an Upaveda of Atharvaveda. The pur-pose of this Śāstra as stated ...
... nar- rated in Anuśāsanaparva 6. 38 and Āśvamedhika-parva 90. 99–100 and in the Rāmāyaṇa, Uttarakāṇḍa, chap....
...t or sympathy e.g. the word ‘śiśula’ in Ṛg. X. 78. 6. Several papers have been written on th...
...us for sacrificial purposes even in the Śatapatha Brāh-maṇa (S. B. E. vol. 44, pp. 1–2 ) and...
...īṣa is mentioned as a great king in the Ṛgveda I. 100. 17. Paraśurāma is one of the seven or eigh...
...heel ( wheel-like orb ) of the Sun ( in Ṛg. IV. 17. 14 ). Vide ‘Dhammacakka-ppavattana-sutta (...
...tras and muttered words declared in the Atharvaveda.
...n with both Usas and Sūrya (the Sun) in Rg. VII. 81. 2 (O Dawn, may we be endowed with food in...
...is a very ancient worḍ It occurs in the Ṛgveda ( III. 33. 7 ) in the literal sense ( viz. crowding or...
...’ we get ‘sāmayācārika’ which occurs in A. V. 5 as the name of the chapter and Āp. Dh. ...
... *ṛtvij* in the very first verse of the Ṛgveda. The Aitareya-brāhmaṇa says that the Pu...
...nd ‘gaṇa’ occurs dozens of times in the Ṛg. The word ‘saṅgha’ is mentioned frequent...
...d away and concealed by the Paṇis ). In Rg. VIII. 23. 17 that sage is said to have established A...
... old and aging Cyavana with youth (vide Ṛg. I. 117. 13, I. 118. 6, VII. 71. 5, X. 39. 4). The ...
...m Cyavana a long prose passage with ten Rg. Mantras and on pp. 1103, 1190, 1199 pro...
...) thinks that Paiṭhīnasi belongs to the Atharvaveda as the prose quotations on śrāddha agre...
... 50. 15). The form Bhāradvāja occurs in Ṛg. VI. 51. 12 and in Mahābhāṣya notes at least in nin...
..., Ṛgveda, Yajurveda as Trayī, then adds Atharvaveda and Itihāsaveda and thus makes the Veda...
...pil of Jaimini and a promulgator of the Atharvaveda. Vide Śāntiparva 341. 19 for Sumantu an...
...red worship by Manu). On the two hymns (Ṛg. X. 61 and 62) the Ait. Br. (22. 9) tells the ...
...egulations, as a king in the Kṛta yuga (Aśvamedhika- parva 4. 2), as the author of a work on Arthaśāstr...
...Manu, progenitor of mankind even in the Ṛgveda, could not have composed it. What motiv...
...le. He mentions the three Vedas and the Atharvaveda is spoken of as the Atharvaṅgirasi Śruti ...
... and further that the Aghamarṣaṇa hymn (Ṛg. X. 190. 1–3) is declared by Manu as a penance for a...
...turies before the extant Manusmṛti, the Tai. S. ( I. 7. 3. 1 ) states that brāhmaṇas are gods that are...
... the mouth (of the Creator as stated in Rg. X. 90. 12), as he is the senior (among the four v...
...> it. He is mentioned also in the Śatapatha Br. XIII. 5. 4. 1). What became of the other Samhitās sai...
...ppears to be the name of some person in Ṛgveda X. 93.14. Rāma Mārgaveya is the name of a person...
...s the Chāndogya Up. VII. 1. 2-4 and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa requires that in the Pāriplava some Pur...
...ya are well-known in the Vedic age. The Śat. Br. XIII. 4. 5 and Ait. Br. 35. 1 mention Pārikṣita Ja...
... Sāyanabhāṣya) on Jarutha (occurring in Rg. VII. 1.7 and X. 80.3). He appears to have been a...
...hose son was Yuvanāśva and so oṇ In the Āśvamedhikaparva ( chap. 4 ) the genealogy is (in Kṛtayu...
...ion of the Rāmāyaṇa published by the D. A. V. College, Lahore in 1923 ff. The Southern ...
...d by all scholars as separated from the Ṛgveda by at least a thousand years or more.
... he refers to the four Vedas viz. Ṛgveda and others, the Pañcarātra system, the ...
...arvaveda (XI. 7. 24, XV. 6. 10-11). The Śat. Br. (XI. 5.6-8) includes 'Itihāsapurāṇam' among 'Svādhy...
...fare this idea was good enough Even the Ṛgveda (X. 117. 6) condemns one, who offers no food to Ary...
...etween Yājñavalkya and his teacher. The Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa in several places alludes to the dialogue...
... a few mantras that do not occur in the Ṛgveda, but only in the Vājasaneya-saṃhitā or ...
...fire on the Āditya *nakṣatra*. Even the Ṛgveda speaks of auspicious days
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... passageṣ For example, it cites (XI. 7) Ṛg. I. 164. 39 (Ṛco akṣare....samāsaṭe ). In IX. 158 i...
...The name Parāśara is an ancient one. In Rg. VII. 18. 21 Parāśara is mentioned as a grandson of ...
... and “devasya tvā” are not found in the Ṛgveda, but in the Vāj. S. (22, 1 and 1. 24 re...
...a person performs the Japa of Gāyatri ( Rg. III. 62. 10 ‘tat-savitur-vareṇyam) a crore of times...
...rts his position by quotations from the Ṛgveda (e.g. on Yāj. II. 121 and 206), the Brā...
Volume I: Part II 18 paragraphs
...eral hundred mantras which occur in the Ṛgveda as well as in the Yajurveda. He mention...
... pp. 92-93 ); the Aghamarṣaṇa mantras ( Ṛg. X. 190. 1-3, Br. Sar. pp. 99 ).
...e one Mantra ‘Śan-no devir-abhiṣṭaye’ ( Ṛg. X. 9. 4 ) is employed as ‘snānamantra’, as also...
...e hymn beginning with ‘Pāreyī- vāmśam’ (Rg. X. 14. 1-16 ), but the Śuddhikāṇḍa does not refer t...
...word ‘adbhuta’ occurs many times in the Ṛgveda and the Nirukta I. 6 tries to explain i...
...ntroductory verses in the bhāṣya on the Ṛgveda. Attempts appear to have been made to t...
...ural of Kuśika occurs frequently in the Ṛg. Śaṅkarabhaṭṭa also composed a work call...
...rom the Visṇudharmottarapurāṇa and from Atharvaveda-pariśisṭa (pp. 459-464) ; Viduroktanīti...
...ter he takes several Ṛk verses (such as Ṛgveda I. 95. 1-11 and I. 164. 31) and explains them as ap...
...त्र by लौगाक्षि (eḍ by Dr. Caland in D. A. V. College Series, Lahore 1925, with extract...
ing to the eight अष्टकास of the Ṛgveda ) and 200 verses, illustrating moral ma...
... Deals with domestic rites according to Ṛgveda ritual. Names उज्ज्वला of हरदत्त, हेमाद...
... 232, 848ṇ; contains many verses of the Ṛgveda, p. 2; Arthaśāstra is the Upaveda of, p...
...Vājasaneyisaṁhitā, p. 2; meaning of, in Atharvaveda, p. 2; meaning of, in Aitareya-brāhmaṇa...
...2-53. Kāvya, vide under Uśanas; sage in Ṛgveda, p. 264; purohita of asuras, pp. 265, 2...
...–25. Reviling, examples of, pp. 744–45. Ṛgveda, word dharma in, pp. 1–2; a hymn from, ...
...ñaśvāmin, p. 112; whether affiliated to Ṛgveda, pp. 110–11. Vasisthasmrti, p. 112. Vas...
... speaks of Arthaśāstra as an upaveda of Atharvaveda, p. 152; number of Manus acc. to, p. 31...
Volume II: Part I 188 paragraphs
...truth is exalted above everything else. Ṛgveda VII. 104. 12 says
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VII.104.12
... false'. The conception of *ṛta* in the Ṛgveda is a sublime one and is the germ of the l...
...as the best spot (vide III. 23. 4). The Tai. Br. says that the Kurupañcālas go east in t...
...en able to find the word rājanya in the Ṛgveda any where except in the Puruṣa- sūkta. ...
... 'rāṣṭrāṇi' (countries) when explaining Rg. IV. 50.8 (tasmai viśaḥ svayam-āvānamante ).
...in dāsas and the priestṣ For example in Rg. VIII. 46. 32 we read 'the singer took a hundred (cow...
...when tormented by thirst ‘saw’ the hymn Ṛg. X. 30 and Sarasvatī came rushing to hiṃ
.... 8 ) being frequently mentioned ( vide Rg. VII. 18. 6 for Bhṛgus and Druhyus and VII. 18. 7 f...
...ref-chapter-ii-varna-50">50 ( Atharvaveda V. 19. 3 and 8 ).
... 17. 14 ). The somewhat mystical hymn ( Ṛg. X. 109 ) where ‘brahmajāyā’ figures prominentl...
...as lower (than those two classes)'. The Śat. Br. (S. B. E. vol. 26 p. 335 ) says 'He thu...
...2 and IX. 112.2, `carmamna` (tanner) in Ṛg. VIII. 5.38.
...from a śūdra woman (Yāj. I. 91). In the Rg. X. 97. 12 the word ugra occurs ‘You destroy disea...
...cration of rathakāras is ‘ṛbhūnāṁ tvā’ (Tai. Br. 1. 1. 4) and that the rathakāras are the caste ...
..., Rājanya, Vaiśya and Śūdra or when the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa expressly says that they are four varṇa...
..., as seen from the Vāj. S., Tai. S. and Tai. Br., Kāṭhaka Saṃ (17. 13 ), the Atharva-ved...
...oups); both *vrāta* and *gaṇa* occur in Rg. III. 26. 6, V. 53. 11 and in numerous other placeṣ...
...ally different from the rathakāra (vide Tai. S. quoted above p. 43) who was allowed the...
...g to the view of some teachers). In the Tai. Br. III. 4. 12 Dhaivara, Dāśa and Kaivarta are separat...
...ds 'pañcajanā mama hotram juṣadhvam' in Rg. X. 53. 4 remarks that according to Aupamanyava t...
...ala-kāra (splitter of bamboo) occurs in Tai. S. III. 4. 5. 1. and bidaļakārī in Vāj. S. 30. 8.
...mentioned in the Vāj. S. XXX. 17 and in Tai. Br. III. 4. 14. According to Viṣṇu Dh. S. X. 4 and Nār...
...n the later hymns of the Ṛgveda, in the Atharvaveda and in some of the Brāhmaṇa treatiseṣ T...
...maṇa (an unworthy or bad brāhmaṇa). The Tai. S. (II. 1. 10. 1) prescribes a rite for a durbrāhmaṇa in ...
...edic timeṣ It may be admit-ted that the Ṛg. itself does not expressly say that they w...
...ned and worthy meṇ Even so early as the Śat. Br. this is emphasized as in IV. 3. 4. 15 (...
... =Tai. S. IV. 2. 5. 5, Vāj. S. XII. 67, Rg. I. 110. 5, I. 176. 2, X. 117. 7). Baudhāyana
...(offered by the priests in sacrifices). Ṛg. IV. 50. 7-9 say that a king and others for whom the...
...ts (each of them undergoes)’ and quotes Rg. X. 90. 12 in support. Manu (I. 31 and 94) says th...
...arnas-93">93 (IX. 16) and the Tai. Br. that the brāhmaṇa is indeed the supervi...
...a. Those brāhmaṇas who have studied the Ṛgveda, Yajurveda and Sāmaveda and who stick t...
...ngs ran him down as ‘brahmahan’. In the Śat. Br. XIII. 3. 1. 1 we read (S. B. E. vol. 44 p. 328) ‘ther...
...ill by the magic rites mentioned in the Atharvaveda (e. g. such sūktas as I. 19, II. 19, II...
...the question whether the passage in the Tai. S. is kṛatvartha or puruṣārtha.
...he śūdra could perform Somayāga) and in Śat. Br. (XIII 8. 3. 11, S. B. E. vol. 44, p. 43...
... anywhere. It is no doubt stated in the Śat. Br. XII. 4. 1. 4
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XII.4.1.4
...ef-chapter-v-slavery-3">3 The Tai. S. II. 2. 6. 3. refers to the gift of a horse or a mal...
...ng) offering (havis) for the godṣ So in Śat. Br. III. 2. 1. 22 ‘therefore a woman approaches a man who...
... of this ceremony are found very early. Atharvaveda V. 25 appears to be a hymn intended for the g...
...to the wife's nostril with two verses ( Ṛg. X. 85. 21–22 ) with svāhā at the end of each. He sho...
...meṣa' (Āp. I., I. 12. 7–9) and one with Ṛg. X. 121. 10 (prajāpate na).
...rse 'Prajāpati! no other than thou &c' (Rg. X. 121. 10) or with the vyāhṛtis,
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X.121.10
...ed as Gaṇapati in Ṛg. X. 112. 9. In the Tai. S. IV. 1. 2. 2 and Vāj. S. paśus (and the horse specia...
...s in the performer repeating the mantra Ṛg. II. 23. 1 ('gaṇānām tvā Gaṇapatim') as a prayer a...
...29, p. 292) prescribes Vāj. S. XIII. 4 (Ṛg. X. 121. 1) and XXXI. 17; Khādira gr. (S. B. E. vo...
...h the verses ‘from thy eyes, thy nose’ (Rg. X. 163. 1–6), besmearing her limbs with clarified b...
...cribes only six (by omitting the verses Ṛg. II. 32. 4-5). Gobhila, Khādira, Bhāradvāja, Pāraska...
... twelve mantras ( Rg. I. 22. 16–21, and Rg. I. 154. 1–6 ). Having praised the god with mantras ...
...V. 78. 7) and prescribes the recital of Atharvaveda I. 11. 4 for the falling of the after-birth. Ādi...
...e breast of the mother with the mantra (Rg. I. 164. 49) 'Oh, Sarasvati! make that breast ready...
...ra) partaker of चर्जूिष! bestow on us’ (Rg. III. 36. 10). And let them give him a name”. The fo...
...ten times with each of the ten mantras (Tai. Br. II. 5. 1) of the anuvāka beginning with ‘prāṇo r...
...Vātsapra anuvāka (Vāj. S. XII. 18–29 or Tai. S. IV. 2. 2 ), and again with ‘be a stone, be an ax...
... and then one (i. e. 10th) to Soma with Ṛg. I. 91. 7. Hir. gr. II. 4. 6–9 (S. B. E. vol. 30 ...
...ter-vi-samskāras-117">117 The Tai. S. gives expression to the request that th...
...ikṣvāka (descendant of Ikṣvāku). In the Śat. Br. (XIII. 5. 4. 1) Indrota Daivāpa (son of Devāpi) Śaunaka...
...ṇa, Ṛg. X. 98. 5-6), Śāmyu Bārhaspatya (Tai. S. II. 6. 10), Bhṛgu Vāruṇi (Ait. Br. 13. 10 and Tai...
...the Ṛgveda) and such names as Vatsaprī (Tai. S. V. 2. 1. 6).
... the 10th oblation is made to Soma with Ṛg. I. 91. 7. The father pronounces aloud the child'...
...ods, may we hear bliss with our ears’ ( Ṛg. I. 89. 8 ) and then also the left ear. If the bo...
...tam’ (Ṛg. V. 51. 11) and ‘āśu śiśānah’ (Ṛg. X. 103. 1), showing the boy to the sun in the cou...
...5 the goddess of speech &c’ ( Ṛg. VIII. 100. 11) and the verse ‘may vigour to-day produ...
...s to the Vedic verse ( Rg IV. 75. 17 or Tai. S. IV. 6. 4. 5 ) as indicative of the practice of Caul...
... With the words ‘Axe, do not harm him’ (Tai. S. I. 2. 1. 1) he presses a copper razor (on the kuśa...
...a sign to indicate the gotra and quotes Rg. VI. 75. 17 (yatra bāṇāḥ &c. cited above in note 59...
...Literature, we find that already in the Ṛg. X. 109. 5 the word ‘brahmacārī’ occurs ‘oh gods! ...
...e girdle round the boy's waist). In the Tai. S. VI.621 3. 10. 5 we have the fam...
...tra) 2. 3 and Bauḍ Dh. S. I. 2. 53. The Śat. Br. (III. 6. 2. 15) further says 'therefore brahmacārins pr...
...t it appears that from the times of the Tai. S. and the Brāhmaṇas the student generally...
...spectively the presiding deities of the Ṛgveda and the other Vedaṣ Therefore the upana...
...">35 with a mantra to Varuṇa (Ṛg. I. 24. 6) or with the sacred syllable ‘om’. Manu...
... ‘Dadhikrāvņo akāriṣam’ ( Rg. IV. 39. 6=Tai. S. I. 5. 4. 11 ). (c) Pār. gr. (II. 2), Bhār. gr. (I. ...
...v. employs the verse ' yuvā suvāsāḥ ' ( Ṛg. III. 8. 4 ) for making the boy turn round ( first...
...istinguishing sign of the gods’. In the Tai. Br. (I. 6. 8.) we read ‘wearing in the prāc...
The Śat. Br. ( II. 4. 2. 1, S. B. E. vol. 12, p. 361...
... So according to the Tantravārtika, the Tai. S. is not referring (in II. 5. 11. 1) to a c...
...the verse ‘Soma gave her to Gandharva’ (Rg. X. 85. 41)”. It is clear that the girl, according...
... with the verse 'ud vayam tamasaspari' (Rg. I. 50. 10) and then the yajñopavīta is to be put ...
...2. 1–9) is repeateḍ Other mantras (like Rg. X. 62–63) are also reciteḍ Then a piece of cloth...
...ontains a eulogy of ‘omkāra’ and quotes Rg. I. 164. 39 in support ‘rco akṣare parame &c.' taki...
...hapter-vii-upanayana-102">102 Atharvaveda 19. 71. 1 calls it 'vedamātā' and prays that it m...
...od are first seen in the passage of the Śat. Br. (quoted above in note 625 ). The same a...
..., śrāddha with the hymn 'śraddhayāgniḥ' Rg. X. 151 and Medhā with the anuvāka 'Medhā devī'...
... elaborated from very ancient timeṣ The Tai. Br. (I. 5. 10) prescribes that one should not perform ...
...ly with the three verses ‘āpo hi ṣṭhā’ (Rg. X. 9. 1-3).
...paniment of the three verses ‘ṛtam ca’ (Rg. X. 190. 1-3) and then casting the water away to one...
... ‘citram’ (Rg. I. 115.1), ‘tac-cakṣur’ (Rg. VII. 66. 16), ‘ya udagāt’ (Tai. Ār. IV. 42. 5). Man...
... The sixteen verses of the Puruṣasūkta (Ṛg. X. 90) are respectively invoked to reside in ...
...quotations from the Atharvaveda and the Śat. Br. cited above (f. ṇ 622 and 625 ). In the be...
...deal with the hair on his heaḍ Even the Rg. speaks of boys with several śikhās (top...
...panayana-230">230 text of the Ṛgveda, the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa and Āraṇyaka and...
...The story of Bharadvāja narrated in the Tai. Br. quoted above (at p. 271) states that Bh...
...(section of the Vedic saṁhitās like the Tai. S.) or until the student learnt (one Veda)...
...) is said to have evolved all this viz. Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda, yajñas and so for...
...which provided that each teacher of the Ṛgveda and the other Vedas was to receive a sa...
...s of Vedic hymns (like the Aghamarṣaṇa, Ṛg. X. 190 ) by silently muttering which a man is ...
...III. 91 to Apālā of the same family and Rg. X. 39 to Ghoṣā Kākṣīvatī. The Br. Up. II. 4. ...
...; they have the hearts of hyaenas’. The Śat. Br. XIV. 1. 1. 3 exhorts a person studying the Madhu-vid...
...and 88 more paragraphs in this volume
Volume II: Part II 219 paragraphs
...ies who did not look upon Indra as God (Rg. X. 27. 6, X. 48. 7, X. 86. 1).
...ter-xix-devayajna-36">36 Vide Śat. Br. I. 2. 5. 1 for the Dwarf incarnatioṇ In the Chāndo...
...from the Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda or Atharvaveda in praise of Viṣṇu; then he should bid go...
...hose who cannot repeat the Puruṣasūkta (Rg. X. 90) should repeat one of its verses before...
...Smṛtimuktāphala (āhnika, p. 390) quotes Rg. L 154. 5 in support. After naivedya, tāmb...
...or by the mantra ‘tryambakam yajāmahe’ (Rg. VII. 59. 12 ). For a devotee of Śiva, the wearing o...
...o the accompaniment of the 16 verses of Rg. X. 90 to one's favourite deity; final benedic...
...e fire with the mantra ‘ mā nastoke ’ ( Rg. I. 114. 8 ) and ashes are applied to the forehead...
...ntra says 'the fool gets food in vain' (Rg. X. 117. 6).' The Mahābhārata (Vanaparva II. 59) s...
...्यो हन्त Pitryajña :—The word occurs in Rg. X. 16. 10, but its exact meaning is not certaiṇ P...
...na-10">10 IV. 5 in explaining Rg. V. 4. 5 (juṣṭo damūnā atithirdūroṇa) derives th...
...till the performance of vapāhoma by hiṃ Rg. I. 187 (vv. 1-7) is a hymn in praise of fooḍ T...
...d born has no strength as stated in the Śat. Br. X. 5. 2. 9. Kullūka and some other commentators on...
...arkness in the Kāṭhaka S. XI. 5 and the Tai. S. II. 1. 2. 2; the Śāṅ. Br. 24. 3 and Tāṇḍya Br. (IV....
... and explained (vide p. 677 above). The Śat. Br. XI. 6. 1. 3
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XI.6.1.3
...soling thought (that is conveyed by the Ṛgveda itself) that animals killed in sacri- fic...
...Dh. S. II. 3. 10 prescribes the japa of Rg. IX. 58 (tarat sa mandī) for eating the food of...
...inking surā. This passage read with the Tai. Br. quoted above establishes that it had be...
...inst poison and also the hymn to Night (Ṛg. X. 127), remember the five ancient personages ...
...a according to a legend narrated in the Tai. S. II. 5. 1. When Indra killed Viśvarūpa, son of Tv...
...ras refer to the rules contained in the Tai. S. about the rajasvalā (vide Āp. gr. 8, 12...
...eda cannot do so, since no sūtra of the Ṛgveda speaks of Āṣāḍha as an optional month. ...
...at thrice and then the beginning of the Ṛgveda (either one hymn or an anuvāka ).
... the verse ‘Sadaspatim’ (Vāj. S. 32. 13=Ṛg. I. 18. 6 ) the teacher three times sacrifices fr...
... offered with the verse 'sadasaspatim' (Rg. I. 18. 6 = Āp. M. P. I. 9. 8). But when a Kāṇḍa ...
... vidyā me pāpmānam-ṛtāt-satyam-upaimi' (Tai. Br. III. 10. 9), then placing one's folded hands with ...
...ma* fire with the mantra ‘*mānastoke*’ (Rg. I. 114. 8) and apply the ashes to his forehead, t...
... jātāh’ (Rg. IX. 94. 4 ), ‘Vaiṣṇavam ’ (Tai. S. I. 2. 13. 3 ) and having offered oblations of boile...
... bring bliss to us in our invocations’ (Rg. VII. 38. 7) he sacrifices into the fire the fried ...
...III. 7. 23 and XI. 9. 16 and 24. In the Atharvaveda (VIII. 14. 14–16) the well known names of some mythical s...
...ised with the mantras quoted above from Tai. S. IV. 2. 8. 3 and certain Purāṇa verses are repeated ...
...rihya-and-other-rites-14">14 (Śat. Br. IX. 3. 1. 26). He repeats the mantra ‘Indram daivir’...
... milk and ājya is offered with the hymn Ṛg. VI. 28 (ā gāvo agman) and that on that night t...
...om that place may the gods protect us’ (Ṛg. I. 22. 16); the same verse (they should repeat) a...
...diate quarters with the eight anuvākas (Tai. S. IV. 5. 1 ff. and Vāj. S. 16th adhyāya ) beginnin...
...ith the four verses ‘Vāstospate prati’ (Ṛg. VII. 54. 1-3 and VII. 55. 1) verse by verse,
...n and a hymn to Pavamāna Soma (one from Rg. IX. or IX. 1).
... the hymn beginning with ‘kraṇikradat’ (Rg. II. 42. 1-3) are recited and the auspicious jar is ...
...nors this whole world and also heaven’. Rg. VI. 47. 23 mentions that from Divodāsa gifts of te...
... Soma, Indra, Varuṇa, Prajāpati &c. The Tai. S. II. 2. 6. 3 says ‘he who accepts an animal with two...
...in the Ait. Br. (39. 7) and also in the Śat. Br. (XIII. 7. 1. 13–15 ) that when he desired to make a gift of ...
... and ever-lasting world1 and Tai. Br. III. 9. 14 remarks “the brāhmaṇa should sing ‘you ...
...ajāpati of human beings and so on (vide Tai. Br. II. 2. 5, Āp. Śr. 14. 11. 3).
...lding a lotus, Sāmaveda holding a lute, Atharvaveda holding sruc and sruva ladles and Purāṇ...
...eive their benedictions in the terms of Rg. V. 51. 11 ('svasti no'). The gift of such a cow w...
...S. 19. 75, Rg. X. 9. 4, Vāj. S. 13. 20, Rg. I. 6. 3. The fuel-sticks to be offered to the n...
...ts of cows, horses, gold or clotheṣ The Tai. S. I. 8. 4. 1 makes it a matter of give and take betw...
...ributed to travellers) in a desert'. In Rg. X. 107. 10 a puṣkariṇī ( a tank ) is mentioneḍ The...
... the reservoir, repeat the Puruṣasūkta (Rg. X. 90. 1-16) and donate that cow to the ācārya and ...
...en he recites over the garden the verse Rg. III. 8. 11 ' vanaspate śatavalśo vi roha.' The fee...
... bhūtam' (Vāj. S. 34. 4), 'na tvā vām' (Rg. VII. 32. 23); touch- ing four times with water the ...
... the god with the mantra ‘idam Viṣṇur’ (Rg. I. 22. 17) and taking with a bunch of kuśa grass ...
...he accompaniment of the hymn to Puruṣa (Rg. X. 90) repeated 8000 times, 800 times or 28 t...
...oḥ karmāṇi’ (Rg. I. 22. 19), ‘pādosya’ (Rg. X. 90. 3), and then a dinner may be given to brā...
...6 and a Vamra Vaikhānasa is the seer of Ṛg. X. 99. The Tai. Ā. I. 23 connects the word Va...
...Śāntiparva 245. 1-14 and Anuśāsana 142, Aśvamedhika-parva 46. 9-16, Laghu-Viṣṇu III, Kūrmapurāṇa (uttarārd...
... muttering the two texts ‘vañ me āsan’ (Tai. S. V. 5. 9. 2) and ‘nasoḥ prāṇaḥ’ (Tai. Ār. X. 72). L...
...and offer it. to all gods with the hymn Rg. X. 103 (1-13). He should declare a resolve to ...
...isciple, should recite the Puruṣa hymn (Rg. X. 90), should place his hand on the heart of...
...o the accompaniment of the Puruṣa hymn (Rg. X. 90), should honour him by offering clothes...
...*’ ( *Rg. X. 97.6* ) occur even in the *Ṛgveda* but their exact significance is doubt-...
... each of the three Vedas (excluding the Atharvaveda), one who has studied Logic, a student ...
...at we now have are arranged (except the Ṛgveda to some extent) definitely for the vari...
... in Harvard Oriental Series) and of the Ṛgveda Brāhmaṇas (one volume in the same serie...
...ces were the first dharmas according to Rg. X. 90. 16.
...nuyāja occur. The ten Āprī hymns of the Ṛgveda indicate that at the time of their compos...
...ions of ṛk, sāman and yajuṣ Verses from Ṛg. and Sāmaveda are recited loudly, all ya...
...). Those parts that are to be done with Rg. mantras are to be done by the hotṛ prie...
...s in spring ' ( Tai. Br. I. 1. 2 ). The Śat. Br. ( III. 1. 2. 19 ) appears to condemn the setting up of fi...
... the mantra 'sam no devīr' (Rg. X. 9. 4=Tai. Br. I. 2. 1), and constructs a shed having the end ...
...' pra vedhase kavaye ' ( Rg. V. 15. 1 = Tai. Br. I. 2. 1 ). He should say ' this is for Brahman;...
...ng and also the verse 'araṇyor-nihito' (Rg. III. 29. 2).
...e fires with the mantra 'sugārhapatyo' (Tai. Br. I. 2. 1) and the adhvaryu makes the yajamāna re...
...he formula 'anāśe &c.' (which occurs in Tai. Br. I. 1. 7) and he follows the priest (whether adh...
...h ghee after repeating certain mantras (Rg. IV. 58. 1-3). Or these samidhs may be offered in th...
... till he becomes a saṁnyāsin, or as the Śat. Br. (XII. 4. 1. 1) says 'Those who offer agnihotra indeed ...
...d with the verses 'agna āyūṁṣi pavase ' Ṛg. IX. 66. 19-21 (according to Āśv. II. 3. 27-29). Then ...
...e Gosūkta ( Rg. VI. 28 ) or Āśvasūkta ( Rg. I. 163 ). Vide Āp. VI. 19. 4-9 to VI. 23.
...iya with the verse 'mama nāma tava ca' (Tai. S. I. 5. 10. 1) and then he places samidhs on the āhav...
...x-darsha-pūrnamāsa-7">7 (from Tai. Br. III. 7. 4).
...r. I. 6. 4. 21 and Kāt. IV. 2. 10). The Tai. S. II. 5. 4. 4 says that only one who is gataśrī (expl...
... short prose formulæ which occur in the Tai. S. I. 1, 2. They are not set out in detail here...
...a* with a mantra ‘*trivṛt palāśe* &c.’ (Tai. Br. III. 7. 4, Ap. I. 6. 10, Sat. I. 3. p. 92).
...der to turn thee into curds for Indra’ (Tai. S. I. 1. 3).
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I.1.3
...e for the continuity of the sacrifice’ (Tai. Br. III. 2.4) and then spreads another line of kuśas...
...another, who is more ignorant than me' (Tai. S. III. 2. 4. 4. ), touches water and sits down on his ...
...e fight with Vṛtra, you are sprinkled’ (Tai. S. I. 1. 5. 1). The adhvaryu then asks the permission...
...> skin with its neck portion westwards (Śat. Br. I. 1. 4. 5 ) and its hairy portion upwards with "t...
...‘may you be well mixed up with water’ ( Tai. S. I. 1. 8. 1 ). He stirs and mixes the flour and wat...
...! to Dvita, svāhā ! to Trita, svāhā !’ (Tai. S. I. 1. 8. 1).
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I.1.8.1
...-xxx-darsha-pūrnamāsa-59">59 (Tai. S. I. 1. 9) to the vedi 'O virapśin! Before the cr...
...t that has a thousand shoots, svāhā !’ (Tai. Br. III. 3. 2 ).
... mantra 'thou art the tongue of Agni' ( Tai. S. I. 1. 10. 3 ) to the north of the proksaṇī waters o...
...er tips) with 'to you for nourishment' (Tai. S. VII. 1. 11). He pours down the remain-ing prokṣaṇī...
...rosperity, progeny, cattle for me &c.’ (Tai. Br. III. 7. 6).’
.... III. 7. 5) and repeats a mantra (from Tai. Br. III. 7. 6) invoking the puroḍāśa for Agni, that f...
...peating each of the first (pra vo vājā, Ṛg. III. 27. 1) and the last verse (ā juhota
...... chandāṃsi prapadye' (Āśv. I. 4. 9), Ṛg. X. 158. 1, I. 27. 13, X. 52. 1, X. 53. 2 and 4. W...
.... These mantras (in the note ) occur in Tai. Br. III. 5. 5 where ' viyanțu ' is substituted for 'v...
...fice for those who serve the gods &c.' (Tai. S. I. 6. 5. 1) and anoints the blades of the prastara...
...and 119 more paragraphs in this volume
Volume III 91 paragraphs
...y viz., Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda and Atharvaveda. Kauṭilya (I. 5) states that the king s...
... that kings were driven away, while the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (XII. 9 3. 1 and 3) mentions a king Dus...
... ‘ratnins’ in other Vedic texts and the Tai. Br. I. 7.3 states in connection with the twelve of...
...crifice. But passages like the last and Śat. Br V. 1. 3 4, V. 1. 4. 2, V. 2. 2. 14 should *not ...
...a and make him perform a sacrifice. The Ṛgveda hymn X 98 was then composed by Devāpi f...
...āmaveda, Ṛgveda and Yajurveda, that the Atharvaveda and Itihāsaveda (i e Itihāsa and Purāṇa...
...heaven by divine damsels A verse of the Ṛgveda X 154 3 (= Atharva 18 2 17) appears to ho...
...ent emperors, from the Mahābhārata, the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and other workṣ This ideal of cakravart...
...o there is an option or students of the Ṛgveda may follow the Ṛgvidhāna mode, of the S...
The Tai Br. II. 7. 15-17 deals with coronatioṇ It first gives th...
...rātṛvyah’ (you are without an enemy &c, Rg. VIII. 21.13, Sāmaveda 399 and 1489). He should bath...
...Gāyatrī* and the *mantra* to Tryambaka (Tai. S. I. 8. 6. 2). The priest first propitiates the godd...
The Kauśikasūtra of the Atharvaveda (in 17.1-10) des- cribes the abhiṣeka (called laghu)...
... also Tai S I 8 9 1-2. It is clear from Śat Br V 3 2 2 and 4 that some of these jewels l...
... he was to employ means declared in the Atharvaveda to remove calamities, divine and humaṇ ...
...he bitch of the gods, is represented in Rg. X. 108. 2-4 as sent by Indra to find out the treasu...
...planation of the Tai. S. passage In the Atharvaveda XII. 1 8 and 10 the earth is called mother and...
...t mention is made of the Kuru-Pāñcālas (Tai Br. 1. 8. 4), Uttarukuru, Uttara-madra, Kuru-Pāñcāl...
...and the rājanya (warrior)'. 192a In the Tai. Br. I 1 4.8, the consecration of fire for a v...
...had been grown even in the times of the Atharvaveda (I. 34. 5). The Sukranītisāra (IV. 4. 60) remarks ...
...ns `m` J. A O. S. XIII `pp` 174-176 Tho Tai S VI 2 3 1 speaks of the three cities of `as...
...li, tribute or tax for the king) In the Tai Br (II 7 18 3) it is said 'the people brin...
...ns is described as having three wheels (Rg. I. 118. 2, I 157. 3, X. 41 1). Ghatotkaca, howeve...
...brāhmaṇas, magical rites based upon the Atharvaveda) against misfortunes like fire and floo...
...ons into fire to the accom- paniment of Atharvaveda *mantras* and cause benedictory texts t...
...ancient Indians knew fire-arms and that Atharvaveda I 16.4 refers to leaden balls discharged ...
...d by performing rites prescribed in the Atharvaveda. Manu VII. 82 and Yāj. I. 315 state tha...
.... 75. 16 and the purohita should mutter Rg. VI. 75. 17 ('where the arrows fall together &c.) w...
...of the heart with incantations from the Atharvaveda and break it The purohita should pronou...
...of kingṣ Almost all works even from the Ṛgveda (X. 10. 10) downwards believe in the progressive de...
...f. V. M. Apte's paper or ‘*Rta*’ in the Ṛgveda (pp. 55-60 of the Silver Jubilee Volume...
...) and of praśnavivāka in the Vāj. S and Tai Br. clearly establishes that in ancient India ...
...bove The Nirukta (III. 5) in explaining Ṛg. I. 124. 7 (gartārug-va sanaye dhanānām) states th...
...verses of which ‘waters’ are the deity (Rg. X. 9. 1-3 ‘āpo hi sthā’). Viṣṇu Dh S. VIII. 17 ad...
...ndred sons). Nārada (IV. 243) refers to Rg. VII. 104 15–16 in the first of which Vasiṣṭha ma...
...o the ordeal of holding the heated axe. Atharvaveda563 II. 12 is held by several...
...eas of western Germanic tribes with the Ṛgveda composed several millenniums earlier It w...
...vedic study (vide Tai. S. VI. 3. 10. 5, Śat. Br. I. 7. 2. 11 and Ait. Br. 33. 1 quoted in H. of Dh. ...
...h a palāśa leaf to the accompaniment of Tai S. III. 3 4 1-2 quoted above (n 671) Another alte...
...and Manu XI. 206-207 appear to take the Tai. S passage differently and refer the figur...
...* in addition to *stena* and *taskara*. Atharvaveda IV. 3 contains charms against wolves, tigers ...
...fice called Agnicayana he was enjoined (Tai. S. V. 6. 8 3)
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V.6.8
...ed (this is in almost the same words as Rg. X. 34. 10-11), that the Veda condemns gambling and t...
...than even a wretched (low) man². In the Atharvaveda V 18 6 Soma is said
... usual or that modern law allows it. In Ṛg. I 117. 17 it is stated that the eyes of Ṛ...
...2) refers to both these passages of the Tai. S. but concludes that equal division among...
...during his lifetime as evidenced by the Tai S. III. 1 9. 4, Āp Dh. S. II. 6. 14. 1, Gaut. 28 ...
... VII. 86. 8, X. 89 10, X. 166. 5 and in Tai Br III. 9. 19. 3 and Ait. Br. 37. 2. Even though joint f...
...contains an echo of this passage of the Tai S and of Baud Dh. S. There was an interme...
...ng a lie as to a sinful matter". In the Tai. S. II. 5. I. I., Sat. Br. XIII. 3. I. I. and other Brā...
...e view in Mit on Yāj. II. 265. From the Tai S. it appears that both practices viz. equal...
...hen to distribute the rest equally. The Tai S. II. 2. 2. 7 seems to have been understood by Āp. Dh...
...ncient societies almost everywhere. The Śat. Br. XII. 4. 3. 1 (S. B. E. vol. 44 p 157) states 'the fa...
From the times of the Ṛgveda people prayed for the birth of an *aura...
...a* sonṣ The word *kānina* occurs in the Atharvaveda V. 5. 8 and *kumāriputra* occurs in the Vājasan...
... some references to adopted sonṣ In the Tai S. VII. 1 8 1 we come across the story of Atri, <...
... food is prepared with the help of it' (Tai Br. I. 6. 5). The question is whether such sentence...
...ntra ‘yasmai tvam sukrte’ (Rg. V 4. 11, Tai. S. I. 4. 46. 1) as a yājyā (prayer of worship or offer...
...h) and is meant for the students of the Ṛgveda (acc to Saṃ K. p. 175). A few salient p...
...nding over centuries The passage of the Tai. S. VI. 5. 8. 2 speaking of women as ‘adāyādiḥ’ has alr...
...s it `The result of the reliance on the Tai. S. and on Bauḍ by most medieval digests ha...
...ous ways, but from his expla- nation of Rg. III. 31 1 it appears that he is referring to th...
... (ugroham sajātesu bhūyāsam) and in the Atharvaveda I 9 3, III. 8. 2, VI 5. 2 and means 'agna...
...lly understood passages like the one in Tai. S would have no scope and that therefore ...
...ch Vedic texts as ‘*anantā vai vedāh*’ (Tai. Br. III 10, 11 ) and by Āp. Dh. S I 4 12. 10. E...
...of soma there is a śruti passage in the Atharvaveda (pp. 181 and 189) similar to the smṛti ...
...ead in the upavīta form1636 (Tai. S. II. 5. 11. 1 and Tai. Ār. II. 1), ācamana (Tai. Ā. I...
...eing devoured by wolves (Rg. X. 95. 14, Śat. Br. XI. 5. 1–8) when separated from Urvaśī; (6) Viśvām...
...ṣṭha is accepted by the students of the Ṛgveda, the sūtra of Śankha-Likhita by the fol...
... reminiscence of Nirukta III. 5 laining Rg. I. 25. 7), in the north there is a custom that e...
...7, 17. 1, 18. 8, 28 1, 29. 5. Vide also Tai. Br. I. 1. 8, I. 3. 1, III. 8 8 for similar wordṣ Th...
...i. e. as prescribed in the hymns of the Ṛgveda and other vedas) have been performed in...
...en-in-the-kali-age-13">13 (of Rg.) the word *yuga* is used in the sense o...
...u (vide Bhīṣmaparva 3. 28 and 32-33 and Āśvamedhikaparva 77. 15)
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77.15
...y later than the Vedānga jyotisa of the Ṛgveda i e much later than about 1200 B. C ) wer...
... In the Tai. S. IV. 4. 10. 1-3, and the Tai. Br. I. 5. 1 and III. 1. 1 the word Prosthapada is e...
...III. 1 1, while in the Vedānga-jyotiṣa (Ṛgveda, verse 25 ), Viṣṇu Dh. S. (78 16), Sāṇ ...
...he Brāhmaṇas the sea was well-knowṇ The Tai Br. II. 2. 5. 6 remarks, ‘there is no end to desire and...
... Creator (as stated in the Purusasūkta, Rg. X. 90. 13). Therefore, acc. to Haradatta and the ...
...assages in common with the Tai. Br. The Tai. Br. III. 4. 1 (= Vāj. S. 30. 5) begins, 'the brāhmaṇa...
##50. 'Aśvamedha' (ṇ 1798). The Tai. S. V. 3. 12. 2 states,
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V.3.12.2
...least one year for each *kāṇḍa* (of the Tai. S.) or it lasted till the Veda was committ...
...und the surā was poured on an ant-hill (Tai. Br. I. 8. 6 and Śabara on Jai. III. 5.14–15). It ap...
...e 'ratnins' mentioned in the Tai. S and Śat Br. Vide H. of Dh. vol. II. p. 1216 and above ...
...ka son 662-699, definition of 647; even Ṛgveda is against having ḍ s 662; instances of, ...
...rotherless maiden disapproved of in the Ṛgveda and in some smṛtis 658, with girl who i...
...versioner, on the death of a widow 711. Ṛgveda, 28-29, 32, 41, 58, 63-65, 75n, 77n, 92...
...n, 844n, 850n, 852n, 853. Śataghnī 213. Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 21, 26, 32, 41, 65-66, 111-12, 153, 180, 4...
...available 261, Tribes, mentioned in the Ṛgveda such as those of Anu, Druhyu &c 64, 135...
Volume IV 176 paragraphs
... be free from it The idea of sin in the Ṛgveda is bound up with the conception of *rta*....
...ake of ṛta the concealed host of cows’ (Rg. I 121 4, probably a reference to drought ...
...y first thought of the abode of Yajña', Rg. X 37 1 (maho devāya tad-itam saparyata, '...
...nd-classification-of-si-5">5; Rg. X 87 11 'O Agni! may the evil spirit who ...
... *enas* are employed in the same verse, Rg. IV.12.4 ‘O Agni! Whatever sin (*āgas*) we may h...
...(may our sins perish) is the refrain of Rg. I.97. 1–8. ‘O gods! May your fetters and may sins...
...nd-classification-of-si-9">9. Rg. X. 36. 2 also prays Heaven and Earth, the uphold...
...among men their right and sinful deeds (Rg. IV 1 17). The same words (ṛju marteṣu vṛji...
...ins; they flourish in the abode of ṛta’ Rg. VII 66 13 calling Mitra, Varuṇa and Aryaman...
...rs in the Rg. in the sense of 'sinner' (Rg. VIII. 61. 11, X. 10 12, IV. 5. 5) or 'sinful' or 'ev...
...e consciousness of guilt and sin in the Ṛgveda and to the transgression of divine laws...
...adds a few more sinners to those in the Tai. Br viz dudhūṣūpāti (husband of an elder siste...
...rā (e. g. in Tai S II 5 11, Vāj S, 197, Śat Br. V. 1 5 28). The last furnishes the striking ...
...ppiness on the wor-shipper's offspring (Rg. I, 189.2, IV, 12.5) and to bestow wealth ...
...ncealed the truth, it was stated in the Tai. Br that evil would be- fall her near and d...
... and then he leads her to penance’. The Śat. Br. (II. 5. 2. 20) puts it in this form ‘for when confesse...
...sed to the existence of a paramour, the Śat. Br. II 5 2. 20 states that she made an offerin...
... trees or that a brāhmaṇa who remembers Ṛgveda (studied by him) is not tainted by any ...
...citing the Pāvamānī hymns (the whole of Rg. IX) and subsisting on alms
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Ṛgveda
IX
... with prescribing numerous hymns of the Ṛgveda for the removal of various diseases, of...
...f Dh. vol II. p 1010 and n 2276 for the Śat Br. The Khādira gr II. 1 4, Gobhila gr I. 6...
...gnihotra even though the sun rises) The Śat. Br140 XII 4 and Ait Br. 32 2–11...
...thi draws attention to the story in the Tai. S. VI. 2. 7 5, Kāṭhaka S. VIII, 5, Ait Br 35.2 that...
...ning) occurs in the Vāj. S. XXX, 10 and Tai Br. III, 5, 6. Therefore it follows that judici...
...the usual Gāyatrī (tatsavitur-vareṇyam, Ṛg. III. 62.10) IV] Vasiṣṭha 20.18 quotes Manu XI. 151...
... is some diver- gence of viewṣ From the Śat. Br. (III. 21 23-24) it appears that the mle...
...re of the head (vapana or muṇḍana). The Tai Br (I 5.6.1-2) states<...
...e recital of the famous Gāyatrī mantra (Rg. III, 62 10) ten thousand times or 200 prāṇā...
**AGHAMARSAṆA**—(The hymn Ṛg. X 190 1-3) This is prescribed as a penanc...
...rses beginning with ‘Hiranyavarnāh’ (in Tai. S V. 6.1), he should perform tarpana with water ...
...yad devā devaheḍanam’ (Vaj. S. 20.14 or Tai. Br. II. 6. 6.1). These four together with the precedin...
... from the times of the Ṛgveda (e. g. in Ṛg. VII, 49. 3) and to mark the truth and false...
...ke*’ (Rg. I. 114. 8), ‘*Sam no devir*’ (Rg. X. 9. 4) and then the remainder is to be drunk....
...crifice to the soul reciting 'ye deva' (Tai. S. I. 2. 3. 1)."
...Rg I 91.16), curds with ‘dadhikrāvaṇo’ (Rg. IV. 39. 6), ghee with ‘Tejosi’ (Vāj. S. 22. 1) an...
...ic Mythology p. 168) is not (in view of Rg. X. 154,3) quite accurate or justifieḍ There is...
...nd of The whole extent of the earth. In Tai S III. 3 8 3-4 it is declared
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III.3
...3 and 18 ‘śokatigo modate svargaloke’). Rg. X, 107.2 affirms that those who give (lar...
...sils of yajña directly reaches Heaven' (Śat. Br. XII 5 2 8 )401, 'one who desires...
...going-penances-60">60. In the Atharvaveda VIII, 7.3 plants are said to have destroyed ...
...tent. Vide Appendix for the text of the Ṛgveda hymns without accentṣ
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...81.39) in the cremation rite along with A. V. 7.68 1–2 and 18 3.25.
...3, X. 154. 1-5. They should finish with Rg. X. 14.12, then collect the charred bones in a ja...
...was carried) was to be of udumbara wooḍ A V. that are to be recited in kindling the ...
...with the verse ‘dhanur-hastādadaādano’ (Ṛg. X. 18. 9). It has been stated (above what is to ...
...nd reciting 'udvayam' (Vaj. S. 35. 14 = Ṛg. I. 50. 10) and applying collyrium and unguent to ...
...3., Tai. Ā VI. 10. 1), ‘ayur visvāyur’ (Ṛg. X. 17. 4, Tai. Ā VI. 10. 2). The Varāha-purāṇa p...
... viz. Rg. X. 14. 7-8, Rg. X. 14. 10-11, Rg. X. 16. 1-6, X. 17. 3-6. X. 18. 10-13, X. 154. 1-6,...
If an āhitāgni died away from home, the Śat. Br. (XII. 5.1.13-14) provides that, having brought his bones...
...t to the recitation of the Purusasukta (Rg. X. 90). He should fill up the pit thoroughly ...
...epeat holy texts (such as ‘āpo hi sthā’ Ṛg. X. 9. 1-9, verses addressed to Varuṇa) over them,...
...age in the Sat Br. and other sources In A. V. XVIII 2 25 it is said, 'may the tree not oppr...
... general agreement as to the age of the Ṛgveda and of the ruins found at Mohenjo-daro ...
...of ashes), while he admits (p 287) that Rg. X. 16 is a cremation hymṇ I dissent from him ...
...root of a tree with the verse 'mā tvā' (A. V. 18. 2. 25 'May the tree not injure thee all round...
... with a new earthen disk with the verse Rg. X. 18. 13 Then he should put earth on the jar in ...
...h the hymn beginning with ‘ udiratām ‘ (Rg. X. 15 ). Then he should cast the bones in hol...
...inning ‘May he burn away evil from us’ (Rg. I. 97.1-8), verse by verse, having given to the b...
... verse ‘these women, not being widows’ (Rg. X. 18.7=Tai. Ā. VI. 10 2), that the priest plan...
...ccording to some, to the south; but the Śat. Br. disapproves of both the views and presc...
The Śat. Br. (XIII 8 2-4) pursues the subject of sep...
... and pass over them with Vāj S 35 10 (= Rg. X. 53 8 ) They cleanse themselves with Apāmār...
...18.12) speaks of pillars and the other (Rg. X. 18.13) of a post (sthūṇā). Vide above p 189. ...
...ur-hotāraḥ’ are spoken of as brahma (in Tai. Br. III. 12.5) and that the procedure of Brahmamedha ...
...n in the ancient procedure found in the Śat Br. It is only possible to say that in some c...
...1-2 and in passages of the Tai. Br. and Śat. Br to be set out later on it is said that ...
...ns ‘sin’ in the Vedic Literature (as in Ṛg. I. 97. 1-8, X. 117.6). But in the Śāṇ Śr. IV. 15. ...
...me inference can probably be drawn from Tai. Br. II, 1 1.3, where it is said ‘therefore peo...
...ṣa- sūkta (Rg. X. 90), Rg. X. 121 1-10, Rg. I. 43. 1 (= Tai. Ā. X, 17), Rg X. 14. 13 and the...
...s; the Ṛgvedins should employ for śānti Ṛg. X. 9. 4, VII, 35. 1, V. 47. 7 &c. preceded and ...
...illness were prescribed as early as the Tai. S. and have been already dealt with in H. ...
...been seen (note 555 above) how even the Rg. lays great emphasis on śuddhi and being p...
...o the accompaniment of the Purusaśūkta (Rg. X. 90) and the mūlamantra 108 or 28 timeṣ The...
...ter-viii-shuddhi-123">123 The Śat. Br. I. 7. 4. 17 (S. B. E. vol. 12 p. 213) states ‘water...
...he Anuvāk. IV ] p avamānaḥ suvarjanaḥ' (Tai. Br. I. 48). Gaut. 17. 9-10 provide
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I.48
...d that the texts support both viewṣ The Śat. Br. expressly says that food is offered to ...
...d person to the pitṛs (Rg. X 16. 1-2, 5=A. V. 18. 2. 10, Rg X. 17. 3). In later works also (e. ...
...s were good and to the stride of Viṣṇu (Rg. X. 14. 9, X. 15, 3, X. 16. 4).
...ft of the pitṛs’ (Rg X. 107. 1). In the Tai Br. I. 3. 10. 5
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I.3.10.5
...praised in the same breath with Varuṇa (Rg. X. 14. 7). But such a position is very rarely me...
...ccur also in Tai. S. II. 6. 12. 2). The Śat. Br. defines these as followṣ—“those that pe...
... at the offerings to Gods and Pitṛṣ The Śat Br. (II, 1, 3, 4 and II. 1. 4. 9) speaks of...
...ows or the path ) not harm us here.’ In Rg. X. 66. 14 it is said ‘the Vasisthas praising the ...
...the formula ‘this here is for thee.’ In Śat. Br. XII. 8. 1, 7 the three immediate paternal ancesto...
... the father of mankind according to the Ṛgveda (VIII. 63, 1, VIII 30, 3.). It is, howe...
...tion of being their priest'". Vide also Ṛg. I. 103. 5. Śrat and śrāddha are both mentioned in...
...ve the year (Saṁvatsara) as husbanḍ The Tai. S. VII. 4. 8. 1. provides
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VII.4.8.1
Tai. S. I. 8. 5. 1, Tai. Br. I. 6. 9 (which will be quoted later on) show th...
..., that to the gods and that to Veda The Śat. Br. and the Tai. Ā. (II. 10) say further th...
...ree are expressly mentioned even in the Ṛgveda V. 76. 3 Prajāpati-smṛti (verses 156–157) says t...
...to feed at a śrāddha an adherent of the Ṛgveda who has studied one entire recension of...
... to the effect that if a student of the Atharvaveda is fed in a rite for the gods or manes, t...
...usāṣ A few words may be added here. The Śat. Br. VII, 2, 3, 2 states that the waters that lo...
... the pitṛs than each preceding one. The Tai. S. V, 4.3.2 refers to jartilas and Jai. X, 8...
...ifices were the order of the day in the Ṛgveda and the Brāhmaṇas there was an undercur...
...ers in the most ancient Vedic textṣ The Tai. S. (I 8 5. 1-2) deals ...
...pter-ix-shrāddha-222">222 The Śat. Br. (II, 4, 2) contains the following somewhat fuller ...
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...e word 'vrata' occurs frequently in the Ṛgveda with verbs of motion such as ‘car’, ‘sa...
...re is not a single vrata passage in the Ṛgveda which favours the meaning ‘will, comman...
...th ‘*u*’ means ‘roll or revolve’ (as in Rg. I. 185. 1, V. 30. 8, V. 53 7, VI 9.1) it does not...
...on pp. 476–477) that in three passages (Ṛg. II. 38 7, X. 10 5, X. 33 9) the meaning of vra...
...0 9, VII 64. 4), vāta (wind) from 'vā' (Ṛg. V 31. 10, X 168. 1 &c.), dhūrta and sever...
...has practically only one meaning in the Ṛgveda, while vrata has to be paraphrased by s...
...to' appears to be intended are found in Rg. II 1 13, VII. 28. 4 (for forms of 'sasc') ...
...ux The endeavour of interpreters of the Ṛgveda should be to assign such a derivation a...
...se are the vratas of Varuna’. Vide also Rg. I. 101. 3, II. 24. 12, II 38. 2, III. 30. 4, V. 6...
...ve convey. Besides, there is nothing in Rg. I, 124. 3 that establishes what Prof. Apt...
... Ārya vratas over the earth’. Vide also Rg. VI. 14. 3.
...rata-in-the-rigveda-15">15 in Rg. I. 101. 2 Indra is said to have killed Pipru who ...
There are seven passages in the Ṛgveda where the word ‘*vivrata*’ occurs In si...
...f verbs meaning to abide or dwell. Vide Rg. I. 83 3 (‘vrate te kṣeti’, ‘abides in thy vra...
... 56. 12 and other verses establish Vide Rg. III. 62. 5 (where Bṛhaspati is called śuci), I 181...
...self occurs in over 110 passages in the Ṛgveda, in all of which ‘mahi’ stands for ‘mah...
...rd ‘priyavrata’ occurs only once in the Ṛgveda (in X 150 3), is applied to gods and me...
...i. The Nirukta (V. 12) while explaining Rg. X. 89. 5 (in which both Soma and Indra are prais...
...no reason why the word 'vratapā' in the Ṛgveda should not be deemed to have been used ...
...oot-meaning as in the case of ‘krta’ in Ṛgveda X. 43. 5 (krtam na svagni vi cinoti devas). ‘Vrt...
... dharman vide H of Dh vol I p 1. In the Ṛgveda sometimes dharman is masculine and ofte...
...rn scholars to be later portions of the Atharvaveda (e.g. 18. 2 7, 14 1. 51) the word is dh...
...milk and curds mixed) of a vaiśya'. The Śatapatha Br. provides
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...‘puspa’ (flower) which was known to the Ṛgveda (II. 13 7 ‘puspinih’ and X. 97 3 ‘puspa...
...expiatory rite called Abhyuditesți Vide Tai S. II 5. 5. 1–2 and Sat Br. XI 1. 4 1–2 quote...
...ood as not done. There is a text of the Tai. S. II. 2. 5. 4 which indicates this principle about Kā...
...n *upacāras* employing the 16 verses of Rg. X. 90 and with Paurāṇika verses, also perform...
...ke the sankalpa with the usual Gāyatrī (Rg. III 62 10 'tatsavitur' &c) or by taking the...
...annot be the meaning of ‘pañcajanaḥ’ in Ṛg. X. 53 4. The above passages show that sarpas ...
...ife with the help of a Sañjīvana jewel (Āśvamedhikaparva chap. 79–81). Serpents came to be associa...
... VIII. 85. 3 and the Anukramaṇī assigns Ṛg. VIII. 86–87 to Kṛṣṇa Āṅgirasa. Jain tradition regar...
...stṣ It makes use of Vedic mantras (from Ṛg. X. 90. 1–16) along with Paurāṇika mantras, while in...
...Viśvāmitra), Rg. I. 78. 1 (for Gotama), Rg. III. 62. 18 (for Jamadagni), Rg VII. 33. 11 (for Va...
... with 16 upacāras with the Purusasūkta (Rg. X. 90) and Paurānika mantras; 14 devatās of t...
...he Vedic verse ‘_Jātavedase sunavāma_’ (Rg. I 99.1) or one with nine letters or the o...
... surround it with a piece of cloth with Rg. III. 8. 4, place a pūrṇa-pātra (a cup filled with...
...m *Aśvatthā* that is '*Śamīgarbha*' and Tai. Br. I. 2. 1. 7 connects *Śami* with *śanti* (the remov...
...' (Ṛg. VI. 28. 1) and 'prāite vadantu' (Ṛg. X. 94. 1). Mukerji (pp 150–152) describes how Go...
...n brother and sister was not unknown as Ṛgveda X. 10 about Yama and Yamī showṣ One suspects ...
...employed The word ‘ayana’ occurs in the Ṛgveda III 33. 7 (ayannāpo ayanam-icchāmānāḥ) ‘the...
...ed eleven times and of the Puruṣasūkta (Ṛg. X. 90). At the end of snāna (of the linga) th...
...th darkness i. e. the solar eclipse (in Ṛg. V. 40 5 ff.) took place three days before the...
...gage in the japa of the Gāyatrī mantra (Rg. III, 62.10) and it is laid down that if one...
...dat Kāmaḥ &c.’ Vide Atharva III. 29. 7, Tai Br. II. 2. 5. 5–6, Āp. Śr. V. 13 for Kamastuti; Mat chap....
... X. 121. 10) for Brahmā, 'Idam Viṣṇur' (Ṛg. I 22, 17) for Viṣṇu, 'Tryambakam yajāmahe...
...cient forṃ In about ten passages of the Ṛgveda ‘Ahirbudhnyaḥ’ appears to be some deity...
...45-748, SmK 90-91, PC 85; HV prescribes Rg. X. 81. 3 (Visvatas-caksur-uta ) as the mantra. A...
...gin in Cai and in E.; worship Hari with Rg. X 90 1-16 and the 16 upacāras and at end ...
...n the list. The word ‘utsava’ occurs in Ṛg. I. 100 8 and I. 102 1 and is derived from the ...
...|’ in imitation of the famous Gāyatrī ( Rg. III. 62. 10 ).
... ), SmK 117. The mantra is ‘a krsnena’ (Rg. I. 35. 2 ). It is observed in Tamil country but ...
... 14th; worship of Sun; japa of Gāyatrī (Rg. III. 62. 10) for 100, 1000, 10000 times; removes va...
...mādri quotes the verse 'Mātā rudrāṇām' (Ṛg. VIII. 101. 15).
...or Paurāņika mantras and ‘idam Viṣṇur’ (Rg. I. 22. 17).
... to brāhmaṇas; Vāsudeva worshipped with Rg. I 22. 20 and Purusasukta ( Rg X 90 ) or w...
... K. paurṇamāsī with Vedic mantras (like Rg. VIII. 11. 7, Vaj. S. 26. 6 and 33. 92) in temples, ...
...ir physiognomy is described and also of Atharvaveda; HV II. 915–16 (from Devīpurāṇa). Is it...
...ya; homa of boiled sesame and rice with Ṛg. X. 112. 9 and of boiled rice and ghee with Ṛg X. ...
... other upacāras; homa with Puruṣasūkta (Rg. X. 90); then one who wants a son or a daughte...
...dhānam divo’ ( Ṛg. VI. 701, V. S. 7.24, Tai. S. I 4. 13. 1 ). Vide TT 100 and Kṛtyakalpat...
...r main quarters from the east place the Ṛgveda and the other Vedas; on the four interm...
...t; homa through four priests learned in Ṛgveda, Rudra-japa by four Yajurvedins and sām...
...ide Rg V 52 17 (sapta me sapta sākīna), Tai S II 2 11. 1 (saptaganā vai marutah ). **Mal...
...he mantra . going ('tad-Viṣṇoh paramam' Rg. I 22, 20) for dvijas and for śūdras the m...
...th flowers, dhūpa &c, homa with mantra (Rg. I. 22. 20), gift to guru, dinner to brāhmaṇas, go...
...ecite 108 times the mantra ‘apyāyasva’ (Rg. I. 91 16 addressed to Soma) and a śūdra shoul...
... the Lokapālas and Vedic verses such as Rg. VI. 47. 11, X. 161. 4 were recited; HV II. 889-892...
...mūrtivrata; from Cai one should worship Ṛgveda and should subsist by nakta way and lis...
...he jar and recite inaudibly Saura hymn (Rg. I. 50); on 8th donate all the above materials...
...de Atharva VI 55 3, Tai S V. 5. 7. 2-3, Tai. Br. I 4. 10. 1.
... Rg X 63 3, IV. 50. 6, the Purusasūkta (Rg. X 90), Nār and numerous Paurāṇika mantras...
...rice with milk, repeat hymn to the Sun (Rg. I. 50) and offer homa to Rudra with Rg I. 43;...
...u kam’ (Rg I. 154. 1) and ‘Saktum-iva’ (Rg. X. 71. 2); VR 101–103 (Kṛṣṇa tells his proud sis...
...in fire with mantras from Purusasūkta ( Rg. X. 90 ); Vaisnava śrāddha after homa; jāgara ...
...nd Sāmaveda and the first four words of Tai. S. for one year, performer is freed from d...
...'Kṛtam yac śvaghnī vicinoti kāle'). The Atharvaveda contains two hymns (XIX. 53 1–10 and XIX....
...aning of the word Kāla set out from the Atharvaveda. In another passage...
...be the source and end of all beingṣ The Aśvamedhika-parva describes (chap. 45) the wheel of Time ...
...a. The Jyotiṣa which is Vedānga (of the Ṛgveda and Yajurveda) was concerned with purel...
.... XXIII pp. 154–159 ( Jacobi on date of Ṛgveda ), pp. 238–249 ( Bühler on Jacobi and T...
...vatsara, Parivatsara and Saṁvatsara. In Tai. Br. (I 4. 10.1
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...in the Ṛgveda times or the times of the Tai S is not clear. What is clear is that one w...
...e Ṛgveda (āyan-n-āpo ayanam-icchamānāḥ, Ṛg. III. 33. 7) *Uttarāyaṇa* and *Dakṣiṇāyana* in late...
...ay betaken to be the brilliant Venus in Ṛg. X. 123. 1 and 5 the latter of which may be transl...
...he measurer) also means the Moon, as in Rg. VIII 94. 2, X 12.7 (‘sūrye jyotir-adadhur-mā...
...e 27 nakṣatras, it is probable that the Ṛgveda refers to Mṛgaśiras, Punarvasu, Satabhi...
...ich Varuṇa is said be the devatā in the Tai. Br. III. 1, especially as in the following verse (...
...ich is the verse 'yat te devā adadhur', Tai S. III. 4 1.1). Besides, it was laid down that th...
...i, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Citrā ). The Tai Br. recommends spring, summer and śarad for...
...unt of that suffered from Rājayaksman ( Tai. S. II, 3. 5 1)
...to 800 B. C. to the Vedic period In the Tai. S VII 4 8 there is a discussion about the tim...
... Yajñesu and Śatadyumna by this method (Tai. Br. I. 5. 2 1.)
...tness of speech and luckiness of days’ (Ṛg. II. 21.6); ‘(The sacrificial post) when planted ...
...ious or lucky for sacrificers etc. Vide Ṛg. IV. 4 7, V. 60 5, VII. 11. 2, VII. 18. 21, I....
... (vide Kathaka S. 8.1, Śāt Br. II. 1.2, Tai Br.I 1 2 6-7). But an exception was recogni...
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Volume V: Part II 271 paragraphs
In Atharvaveda 19. 9 the word śānti occurs about 17 timeṣ In...
... of the latter half of the verse in the Ṛgveda and also suggests another verse altoget...
Another example of 'śamayati' in the Tai. S. is as follows : When an *agnihotrin* is g...
...xample of 'śamayati' and 'śānti' in the Tai. S. (VI. 3. 3. 2–3) may be set out. 'O tree! protect it; O ...
...ess'. Sini- larly, the word ‘śantāti’ ( Rg. I. 112. 20, VIII. 18. 7) means ‘beneficent’.
...rther examples may be set out here. The Tai. S. relates the following legend “Agni was ...
...d ‘śamī’ occurs in many passages of the Ṛgveda (I. 20. 2, I. 83. 4, I. 110. 4, II. 1. 9, III. 60. 3, IV. 3. 4, IV. 17. 18, IV. 22. 8, IV. 33. 4, V. 77. 4, V. 42. 10, VI. 3. 2, VI. 52. 1, VIII. 75. 14, IX. 74. 7, X. 28. 12). In all these passages Sāyana interpret...
...am' 17 times and verse 9 is the same as Ṛgveda I. 90. 9.
...ach of the verses of the hymn to Night (Rg. X 127. 1–8), feed *brāhmaṇas* with other ...
...ch are similar to Yoga-yātrā 3. 13. The Atharvaveda 19. 9. 9 refers to showers of fall-ing stars (na...
...the Gṛhyasūtras, the Kauśika-sūtra, the Atharvaveda Pariśiṣṭas (particularly Noṣ V, XXXI on...
... already performed or to be performed'. Rg. X. 105. 7 is perhaps a little clearer than the pr...
...e as in Matsya | | Ketu | Ketuṃ kṛṇvan, Ṛg. I.6.3. | same | same | of the colour
...rāhmaṇa with the mantra 'śan no devīr' (Rg. X. 9. 4). If the worshipper be a śūdra he is to...
...Mā nas-toke’ (Tai. S. III. 4. 11. 2 and Ṛg. I 114. 8). Then he makes subsidiary offer...
... hymn, Pāvamāna hymn (hymn to Soma from Rg. IX. ), the six verses of Śivasankalpa (Vāj...
...13) and again seven with 'idam Viṣṇur' (Rg. I. 22. 17) and 27 āhutis to the 27 nakṣatras, the...
.... VII. 59. 12), 'Yata Indra bhayamāhe' (Ṛg. VIII. 61. 13). Then he should perform 'Sviṣṭakṛt' ho...
...e inaudibly the verse 'Adha svapnasya' (Rg. I. 120.12) or perform a śrāddha like the one on A...
.... Many of the mantras occur also in the Ṛgveda and other saṃhitāṣ Here are the texts; ...
...om Rg. IX. 1. 1 ‘svādiṣṭhayā’ to end of Rg. IX), with the Vyāhṛtis (seven mystic words...
.../sup> be not known, the Gāyatri mantra (Rg. III. 62. 10) was to be employed and the āhutis were...
...he accompaniment of the Gāyatri mantra (Rg. III. 62. 10). At the end of the homa a kapilā cow a...
...g. I. 164) and the mantra 'tad-Viṣṇoḥ' (Rg. I. 22. 20) are to be reciteḍ It was supposed that...
...owards it with the verse ‘tvam vipraḥ’ (Rg. IX. 18. 2). He prepares food, honours the brāhmaṇ...
...1) and the four verses 'Hiraṇyavarṇāḥ' (Tai. S. V. 6. 1. 1–2, or Atharva I. 33. 1–4) have been inaud...
... beginning with ‘pavamānaḥ suvarjanaḥ’ (Tai. Br. I. 4. 8. 1); he then leads the elephant to its pla...
... mantra ‘yo aśvattah... ketubhiḥ saha’ (Tai. Br. I. 2. 1. 8-9). He brings together in a plate the wat...
...like *kapola* were regarded even in the Ṛgveda as harbingers of impending evil and mis...
...olly or partly in the Atharva-veda, the Tai. S. and other Vedic workṣ
... occur wholly or partly in the Tai. S., Atharvaveda and other Vedic workṣ
...(Tai. S. I. 8. 6. 2), 'Ye te sahasram' (Tai. Br. III. 10. 8. 2).
...ult to say whether the Atharvaveda, the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and the Upaniṣads knew several works ca...
...ng to his ability parts of the Veda, of Atharvaveda, Itihāsa and Purāṇas and philosophical ...
... anything about the Purāṇa mentioned in Atharvaveda, the Śatapatha and the ancient Upaniṣad...
...oun and was applied in the times of the Atharvaveda, the Śatapatha and the Upaniṣads to a c...
...vely in Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda and Atharvaveda. His 5th disciple was Sūta Romaharṣaṇa ...
... persons that compiled and arranged the Ṛgveda, Pargiter at once jumps to the positive...
.... 5, X. 181. 3 ); for sāman chants vide Rg. II. 43. 2 ( *udgāleva śakune sāma gāyasi* ), VIII...
...not to say ridiculouṣ Every hymn of the Ṛgveda or every mantra has a r̥ṣi who by the a...
...be eternal. Even the *padapāṭha* of the Ṛgveda is declared to be non-eternal and is ascr...
...8th and 9th nights respectively, as the Śatapatha Br. and Śāṅkhāyanasrautasūtra say" (Italics...
...r. The story of Yāma and Yamī occurs in Ṛg. X. 10. The Narasimha itself states (in chap. ...
...1–11) or ‘Tryambakam’ (Rg. VII. 59. 12, Tai. S. I. 8. 6. 2.) or with ‘Om namaḥ Śivāya’. The Sṃ C. ...
...s and Urvaśī, refers to the hymn in the Rg. X. 95 for that story and quotes the first ver...
...e in the Ṛgvedic perioḍ But even in the Ṛgveda there are a few verses that indicate th...
...II. 5. 15, 17 and 19 quote respectively Ṛg. I. 116. 12, I. 117. 22, VI. 47. 18 (rūpaṁ rūpaṁ pr...
...s parts of vedic prayer, which occur in Rg. VII. 66. 16, Tai. Ār. IV. 4. 2-5 and Vāj. S. 36. 24...
...se. Vāmana 47. 67 is almost the same as Ṛg. I. 10. 1.
...ifts of food and gifts to brāhmaṇaṣ The Ṛgveda condemns the person as merely a sinful on...
...ent ideal for thousands of yearṣ If the Ṛgveda can be put forward in these days as the m...
...6, 329. 18, Anuśāsana 115, 25, 116. 38, Āśvamedhikaparva 28. 16-18, 43. 21). Śāntiparva (296. 22-24) enume...
... mean ‘sacrifice’. Pūrta also occurs in Ṛg. VI. 16. 18 and VIII. 46. 21, but the meaning is no...
...that sin’. It is remarkable that in the Ṛgveda there is a verse in which there is an a...
...rs to be another name of the Sun in the Ṛgveda and came to be regarded as the highest ...
...ma to receive offerings (Rg. X. 14. 4); Rg. X. 88. 14 states ‘we raise our voices with mantra...
... here be stated that in some places the Ṛgveda looks upon prayers (*dhīti*) as divine an...
Several hymns and verses of the Ṛgveda are purely philosophical, cosmological,...
...&c.’ both adhidaivata and adhyātma). In Rg. (I. 164) verses 11-13 and 48 contain a very imag...
...ion to the word ‘ṛpacit’ that occurs in Rg. II. 23. 17 as an attribute of Brahmanaspati.
...ommon men is contained in hymns such as Rg. VII. 55 (sleeping charm), VII. 103 (maṇḍūka-stu...
The mantras of the Ṛgveda have a meaning and are not unmeaning le...
...t. Br. XIV. 1. 2. 11, Vāmana (Dwarf) in Śat. Br. I. 2. 5. 1 ff., Kṛṣṇa, son of Devaki, in Chāṇ Up. ...
...ahābhārata, as in Vanaparva 272. 71 and Aśvamedhika-parva 54. 13. None of the ten avatāras, except those...
...'s exploitṣ The Sarvānukramaṇī p. 42 on Rg. X, 110 names as ṛṣi Jamadagni or his son ...
...arallel in the Dhammapada 131. Even the Ṛgveda solemnly says (X. 85. 1) ‘the earth is ...
...with mantras in the Atharvaveda, Rudra (Tai. S. IV. 5. 1-11), the Kūṣmāṇḍa mantras (Vāj. S. XX. 14-...
...antra in the same sense and so does the Tai. Br. II. 5. 5. 3 in a closely similar passage. Pāṇini (V...
...ot able to accept that theory as proveḍ Ṛgveda X. 145 is a hymn to be employed against a co-w...
...es of men (*asurīpaḥ*), shatter them ‘ (Rg. X. 87. 5 and 14).
...onnection or line of evolution from the Atharvaveda to the Tantras can be traceḍ The Tattva...
...* of Mahātripura-sundarī and interprets Rg. V. 47. 4 ‘catvari Im’ as referring to Kādividya....
...front of the Devī, the mantra 'Haṁsaḥ' (Rg. IV. 40. 5) should be recited over all *tattvas* a...
...Tantraṣ Similarly, the reference to the Atharvaveda as containing magical rites does not he...
...bhādhāna (ibiḍ IX. 96), ‘Ayam te yonir’ Rg. III, 29. 10 in the worship of Agni (ibiḍ IX...
... much smaller scale, in the Ṛgveda, the Atharvaveda, Sāmavidhāna Brāhmaṇa and other Vedic w...
...ory and all sorts of things (e. g. vide Rg. I. 102. 1-5, II. 24. 15-16, II. 25. 2, III. 31. 14,...
...I. 243). Similarly, the Gāyatrī mantra (Rg. III. 62. 10) is employed by the Tāntrikaṣ Vide Śāra...
... antelope skin as an upper garment. The Śat. Br. also refers to the details of *dīkṣā* a...
... the sixteen verses of the Puruṣasūkta (Ṛg. X. 90) for nyāsa on the several limbs in the ...
...Sun is also called the wheel (cakra) in Ṛg. IV. 28. 2 and V. 29. 10. The Br. Up. says ‘this Ā...
...ection of the rites and worship called 'Ṛgveda-brahmakarmasamuccaya' published by the ...
...sun rises or before the sun rises’. The Tai. Br. employs the word mīmāṃsā and the Śatapa...
...ted the Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda and Atharvaveda respectively to Paila, Vaiśampāyana, Ja...
...adhidaivata and adhyātma), XI. 4 (where Rg. X. 85. 3 is explained in adhiyajña and adhidaiva...
... (a yāga) which confers highest gooḍ In Rg. X. 90. 16 'yajña' is spoken of as the first (or a...
...2) and 'Kusuruvinda Auḍḍalaki desired' (Tai. S. VII. 2. 2. 1), which mention men named Prāvāhaṇi and...
... Purūravas as the roaring winḍ The hymn Ṛg. X. 108 is a dialogue between Saramā (Indra’s b...
...ither a hymn (*sūkta*) is addressed (as Rg. I. 94) or to whom ‘havis’ is directed by the ...
...heir lives went (Rg. VI. 46. 12) and in Rg. X. 154. 2-4 the soul of the dead is asked to join t...
...and there are lotus ponds all rounḍ The Śatapatha Br. (XIV. 7. 1. 32-33) states that the joys of heaven are 100 ...
...ould offer the Iṣṭi called Sāṅgrahaṇī’ (Tai. S. II. 3. 9. 2.).
...ne thousand of these are taken from the Tai. S. and Br. About twelve adhikaraṇas are co...
...the Dvaita system, was mentioned in the Ṛgveda. I do not know how Madhvâcārya would ha...
... 6. 1), praise (‘agnir mūrdhā divaḥ’ in Tai. S. IV. 4. 4). Śabara points out that ‘asi’ and ‘tvā...
... 3, reason (_hetu_) in Rg. I. 2. 4. The Ṛgveda alone contains over ten thousand mantra...
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