Varunapraghasa, Varuṇapraghāsa: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaruṇapraghāsa (वरुणप्रघास).—[masculine] [Name] of a cert. sacrifice.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Varuṇapraghāsa (वरुणप्रघास):—[=varuṇa-praghāsa] [from varuṇa > vara] m. [plural] the second of periodical oblations offered at the full moon of Āṣāḍha for obtaining exemption from V°’s snares (so called from eating barley in honour of the god V°), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; ???]
2) [v.s. ...] (sg.) a [particular] Ahīna, [Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
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Partial matches: Varuna, Praghasa.
Full-text: Varunapraghasika, Praghasa, Sakamedha, Vaishvadeva, Abhyarohaniya.
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Apastamba Yajna-paribhasa-sutras (by Hermann Oldenberg)
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) (by Aparna Dhar)
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Summary of the Cāturmāsya sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - Vedic Sacrifices described in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa II, adhyāya 6, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Second Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 3 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
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Bharadvaja-srauta-sutra (by C. G. Kashikar)
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