History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c41.20

v3.c41.20

The Āp. gṛ. (VIII. 1-2) is very brief and states that at the opening and concluding rites of Vedic study that Ṛṣi who is indicated as the Ṛṣi of the Kāṇḍa (section of the Tai. S.) to be studied is the deity to whom the rite belongs and in the second place Sadasaspati is the deity. Sudarśanācārya explains¹⁹³³ these two sūtras at great length. Briefly what he means is: the commencement (*upākarma*) of the study of the whole Veda (Black Yajurveda) is to be done on the full moon day of Śrāvaṇa, tarpaṇa is to be done for nine Ṛṣis and nine oblations of *ājya* are to be offered to these nine, the ninth being offered with the verse 'sadasaspatim' (Ṛg. I. 18. 6 = Āp. M. P. I. 9. 8). But when a Kāṇḍa is to be begun that is another upākarma and a homa is to be performed in respect of it also.