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CONTENTS.

 

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INTRODUCTION

xi


THIRD KÂNDA.

 

A. Day (or Days) of Preparation.

 

     Dîkshâ, or Consecration

1

     Prâyanîyeshti, or Opening Sacrifice

47

     Hiranyavatî-âhuti, or Offering with Gold; and Homage to Soma-cow

52

     Purchase of Soma-plants

63

     Procession and Entrance of King Soma

75

     Subrahmanyâ-litany

87

     Âtithya, or Guest-meal to King Soma

85

     Tânûnaptra, or Covenant of Tanûnapât

93

     Avântara-dîkshâ, or Intermediary Consecration

97

     Upasadah, or Homages (sieges)

104

     Preparation of Soma-altar with High-altar

177

     Agni-pranayana, or Leading Forward of the Fire to the High-altar

121

     Construction of Sheds, and Preparation of Pressing-place and Dhishnya-hearths

126

          Havirdhâna, or Cart-shed

126

          Uparava, or Sound-holes

135

          Sadas, or Tent

140

          Dhishnya-hearths

148

     Vaisargina-offerings, and Leading Forward of Agni and Soma (to Âgnîdhra)

155

     Animal Sacrifice

162

          Setting up of Sacrificial Stake

162

          Slaying of Victim

178

          Oblations:--

 

               Fore-offerings with Âprî-verses

189

               Offering of Omentum (vapâ)

190

               Pasu-purodâsa, or Cake-offering

199

               Cutting and offering of Flesh-portions

201

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               Offering of gravy (vasâ)

205

               Offering to Vanaspati

208

               After-offerings

210

               Purificatory Bath, &c.

215

               Ekâdasinî, or Set of Eleven Victims

217

     Vasatîvarî-water

222

B. Day of Soma-feast.

 

     Prâtar-anuvâka, or Morning-prayer; and Preparatory Ceremonies

226

     Prâtah-savana, or Morning-pressing:--

 

          Preliminary Pressing

238

               Nigrâbhyâ-water

242

               Nigrâbha-formula

245


FOURTH KÂNDA.

 

               Upâmsu-graha

248

          Great Pressing:--

 

               Antaryâma-graha

257

               Aindravâyava-graha

265

               Maitrâvaruna-graha

265

               Âsvina-graha

272

               Sukra- and Manthi-grahas

278

               Âgrayana-graha

288

               Ukthya-graha

292

               Vaisvânara- and Dhruva-grahas

298

          Viprud-homa, or Oblation of Drops

305

          Bahishpavamâna-stotra

307

               Âsvina-graha

312

          Offering of Savanîya-purodâsâh

314

               Ritu-grahas, or Libations to the Seasons

318

               Aindrâgna-graha

322

               Vaisvadeva-graha

323

          Âgya-sastra

325

     Mâdhyandina-savana, or Midday-pressing

331

               Sukra and Manthin; Âgrayana and Ukthya-grahas

332

               Marutvatîya-grahas

334

               Mâhendra-graha

338

          Dakshinâ-homas

340

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     Tritîya-savana, or Evening-pressing

350

               Âsvina-graha

351

               Âgrayana-graha

355

               Sâvitra-graha

357

               Vaisvadeva-graha

359

          Offering of karu (rice-pap) to Soma

363

               Pâtnîvata-graha

365

          Âgnimâruta-sastra

369

               Hâriyogana-graha

370

          Concluding Ceremonies

374

               Samishtayagus

374

               Avabhritha, or Purificatory Bath

378

               Udayanîya-ishti

386

               Udavasânîyâ-ishti, or Completing Oblation

389

               Offering of Barren Cow

391

C. Additional Forms of Soma-sacrifice.

 

     Shodasin

397

     Dvâdasâha

402

          Atigrâhyas

402

          Avakâsas

409

     Trirâtra sahasradakshina

414

     Dvâdasâha vyûdha-khandas

418

          Amsu-graha

423

     Gavâm ayanam

426

          Mahâvratîya-graha

429

          Brahma-sâman

434

          Dîkshâ, or Consecration, for Sacrificial Sessions

440

          Sattrotthâna, or Rising from a Session

447

               Katurhotri-formulas

452

               Brahmodya

452

INDEX TO PARTS I AND II (VOLS. XII AND XXVI)

457

Additions and Corrections

474

Plan of Sacrificial Ground

475

Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Translations of the Sacred Books of the East

477


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