The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s3.44

c19.s3.44

45. Instances of this kind can easily be multiplied. In the first instance, we may think here of the *sava* ceremonies involving an unction, such as the rājasūya, where we see the rival actively participating in the unction ritual. The vrātyastomas may also be quoted. It is also interesting that the *tānūnaptra* rite in the normal Soma sacrifice (Caland and Henry, *L'Agniṣṭoma*, no. 45) is mythologically explained in the same way as the saṃjñāneṣṭi (cf. the *Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā* passage quoted above with *MS.* 3. 7. 10).