History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c40.41

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1838a 1838 a. पङ्क्तिपावनः षडङ्गविज्ज्येष्ठसामिकस्त्रिणाचिकेतस्त्रिमधुस्त्रिसुपर्णः पञ्चाग्निः स्नातको मन्त्रब्राह्मणविद्धर्मज्ञो ब्रह्मदेयानुसंतान इति। गौ. XV. 29; पङ्क्तिर्येन पाव्यते स पङ्क्तिपावनः। हरदत्त on गौ. XV. 28. Some of the words are differently explained by the commentators. ज्येष्ठसामिक or-सामग is one who chants, according to Haradatta, 'udu tyam' (Ṛg. I. 50. 1.) and 'citram' (Ṛg. I. 115. 1), which constitute a sāman of the Talavakāras, while the Chandogas hold it to be a different sāman; Medhātithi on Manu III. 185 says they are the sāmans called Jyeṣṭhadohas. The Nāciketa fire is described in Tai. Br. III. 11. 7 and 8, and Kaṭhopaniṣad I. 1. 17-18. Ṛg. I. 91. 6-8 contain the word 'madhu' at the beginning of each. So one who studies these three madhu verses may be called 'trimadhu'. Or possibly there is a reference to the Madhuvidyā referred to in Śat. Br. IV. 1. 5. 18 and Bṛ. Up. II. 5. 16. According to Haradatta 'Trisuparṇa' are either the three verses *Ṛg.* X. 114. 4-6 (ekaḥ suparṇaḥ &c.) or the three anuvākas of the Tai. Ār. X. 48-50 (brahmametu māṁ madhumetu māṁ).