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Manava Dharmashastra 2.86

Manubhāṣya 2.86

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Sanskrit

2.86

mahāyajñāḥ pākayajñā ucyante, brahmayajñaṃ varjayitvā catvāro yajñā bhavanti | 'vidhiyajñā' uktāstaiḥ samanvitāḥ sahitāḥ | kalāmaṃśaṃ ṣoḍaśīṃ nārhanti | ṣoḍaśena bhāgena na samā bhavanti | athavā'rhatiḥ prāptyaṅge mūlyapattane vartate | arhaśabdāttvipaṃ kṛtvā arhantirūpam |

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
The five ‘great sacrifices,’ leaving off the are what are meant by the ‘four cooked offerings.’

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

‘Enjoined sacrifices’—those already described (under the preceding verse); along with these latter, the former (four) ‘are not worth the sixteenth part’—i.e., are not equal to the sixteenth part.

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

Or, the root ‘arha’ may be taken in the sense of the price paid for the obtaining of a certain thing. The root ‘arha’ with the Present-Tense-ending ‘tip’ gives the form ‘arhanti.’—(86)

Ganganatha Jha 1920, Manu-Smṛti: The Laws of Manu with the Bhāṣya of Medhātithi

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