India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c11.s2.41
India as Known to Pāṇini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashṭādhyāyī c11.s2.41
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c11.s2.41
(7) *Ishṭa* or *Yājyā*. As said above select verses from the *Ṛigveda* for invoking particular deities are called *Yājyā*, which constitute the actual *mantras* for throwing the oblation. Their last syllable is *pluta* (*Yājyāntaḥ*, VIII.2.90). The *Yājyā* is preceded by *Ye yajāmahe* and followed by the formula *Vaushaṭ*, e.g. ॐ ये यजामहे समिधः समिधोऽग्न आज्यस्य व्यन्तु३ वौ३षट् ।