Wilson Philological Lectures on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages c6.66

c6.66

SID.—(Vârt. अप्रयुक्ते दीर्घसत्रवत्) Even if these words are not used, they should be essentially taught by rules just as long sacrificial sessions are. It is in this way. Long sacrificial sessions are such as last for a hundred years and for a thousand years. In modern times none whatever holds them, but the writers on sacrifices teach them by rules, simply because [to learn] what has been handed down by tradition from the Rishis is religiously meritorious. And moreover (Vârt. सर्वे देशान्तरे) all these words are used in other places.