Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c37.86

c37.86

§ 235. Before we leave this period we have to take note of the sacred ceremony indicating the fact of d e p o s i t i o n. Books xix to xxi of the Śukla Yajurveda prescribe formulæ of the Sautrāmaṇi sacrifice which a dethroned monarch performed. The Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa