Rudra-Shiva concept (Study)
by Maumita Bhattacharjee | 2018 | 54,352 words
This page relates ‘Rudra in Pravargya ceremony of the Soma sacrifice’ of the study on the Rudra-Shiva concept in the Vedic and Puranic literature, starting with the concept of God as contemplated by the Rishis (Vedic sages). These pages further deal with the aspects, legends, iconography and eulology of Rudra-Shiva as found in the Samhitas, Brahamanas, Aranyakas, Upanishads Sutras and Puranas. The final chapters deal with descriptions of his greatness, various incarnations and epithets.
15. Rudra in Pravargya ceremony of the Soma sacrifice
In the Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, Rudra is earnestly supplicated along with Pūṣan in the context of Pravargya ceremony. During the Pravargya ceremony of the Soma sacrifice, the Adhvaryu offers oblation to Pūṣan and Rudra with a gold (hiraṇya) and silver (rajata) chips (śakala).[1]
The Adhvaryu utters two mantras addressing to Pūṣan and Rudra as—
“Pure is one of them, worthy of sacrifice one’ and ‘Worthily does thou bear the missile and the bow’; verily with these two he accompanies the call of Hail! to Pūṣan and to Rudra.”[2]
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