India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s2.10

c11.s2.10

Of special sacrifices, Pāṇini mentions Agnishṭoma (VIII.3.82), Jyotishṭoma and Āyushṭoma (VIII.3.83), the latter performed to obtain longevity, and making with the former a part of the Abhiplava ceremony. The Agnishṭoma with its three pressings (*savanas*) and twelve *stotras* forms the norm (*prakṛiti*) and the Vājapeya and the Jyotishṭoma are its modifications (*vikṛiti*). Rājasūya (III.1.114), a *vikṛiti* of the Agnishṭoma, and Turāyaṇa (V.1.72) are also mentioned. Turāyaṇa was a modification of the Paurṇamāsa, and the *Yajamāna* performing it was called *Taurāyaṇika* (V.1.722). The *Śāṅkhāyana Br.* speaks of Turāyaṇa as a *yajña* performed for the attainment of heaven (*sa esha svargakāmasya yajñaḥ*, IV.11, cf. Āraṇyakaparva, 13.21). According to the *Kāt. Śr.* (XXIV.7.1-8) this *sattra* commenced on the fifth day of Vaiśākha Śukla or Chaitra Śukla and lasted for one year (*saṁvatsaraṁ yajate*). It was regarded as a *vikṛiti* of Dvādashāha *sattra*. *Kuṇḍapāyya* and *Sañchāyya* were the names of special Soma *kratus* (III.1.130), the former being a *vikṛiti* of Dvādashāha and a *sattra* lasting for one year, which was originally performed by the Kuṇḍapāyin Ṛishis (cf. Rig., VIII.17.13, where a person is so named).