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...
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Adhyāya V, Khaṇḍa 4
1. Now if a half-monthly sacrifice has not been performed, one or the other of them, then a mess of rice (is to be offered as an expiation),
2. With (the words), 'To Agni Vaiśvānara svāhā! To Agni Tantumat svāhā!'
3. In the case of an intermission of the (morning or evening) oblations—
4. (He shall make expiatory oblations), in the evening with (the formula), 'Enlightener of the darkness, adoration! Svāhā!'
5. In the morning with (the formula), 'Enlightener of the morning, adoration! Svāhā!'
6[1]. After he has sacrificed as many oblations as there had been sacrifices (left out), the sacrifice (itself goes on) as (stated) above.
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4, 6. Nārāyaṇa: 'After he has thus taken and sacrificed as many Sruvas full of Ājya as there were sacrifices omitted through his guilt, the morning and evening sacrifices have to be performed as (stated) above (I, 3, 10) with oblations of rice or barley.'