The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society c19.s6.34

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originally was an important feature of the ritual in general, not just of the mahāvrata in its classical form. This conclusion is further strengthened by the fact that in the pañca- and ṣaḍdhotṛs we find an abhigara. Indeed, in the latter we even find two *yajñasya abhigarau*, which probably means both abhigara and apagara (*TĀ* 3. 6. 1; 5. 1).