A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Vajapeya
This page describes Vajapeya which is located on page 490 of the third volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Vajapeya” according to 51 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: एकादशी-व्रतस्यास्य फलं वक्ष्ये व्रजाङ्गनाः यस्य श्रवण-मात्रेण वाजपेय-फलं लभेत् ekadashi-vratasyasya phalam vakshye vrajanganah yasya shravana-matrena vajapeya-phalam labhet ekadashi-vratasya asya—of the vow of ekadashi; phalam—the result; vakshye—I will say; vrajanganah—O girls of Vraja; yasya—of which; shravana—by hearing; matrena—simply; vajapeya-phalam—the result of an vajapeya-yajna; labhet—one attains....
Read full contents: Verse 4.8.35
Satapatha-brahmana [by Julius Eggeling]
They throw up to him bags of salt; for salt means cattle, and cattle is food; and he who offers the Vajapeya wins food, for vaja-peya is the same as anna-peya: thus whatever food he thereby has gained, therewith now that he has gone to the supreme goal, he puts himself in contact, and makes it his own,--therefore they throw bags of salt up to him. 17....
Read full contents: Kanda V, adhyaya 2, brahmana 1
The Sacrifices of Rajasuya, Vajapeya and Ashvamedha (study) [by Aparna Dhar]
Summary of the Vajapeya sacrifice. [Full title: A Brief note on the sacrifices of the Shatapatha Brahmana (10): Vajapeya] The Vajapeya is the last of the seven soma sacrifices and usually performed as an independent rite. ‘Vaja means strength and ‘Peya means drink. Vajapeya is a Soma rite and drinking of soma is a part of it. The Shatapatha Brahmana says that Vajapeya is similar to annapeya (food and drink). One who offers Vajapeya wins food....
Read full contents: Summary of the Vajapeya sacrifice
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