History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c42.50
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c42.50
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Various explanations are given why this rite was called Śūlagava. Nārāyaṇa¹⁹⁶⁵ says Śūla here means one who has a spit (or pointed rod) i. e. Śiva who is called Śūlin and that this sacrifice is offered to Rudra Śūlin with the ox as a sacrificial animal. Haradatta explains that here the ox is marked with the rod (of Śiva).