[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c42.8 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c42.8 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c42.8 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c42.8) \*Sītāyajña\* (sacrifice to ploughed land):—In the Gobhila gṛ. IV. 4. 27 there¹⁹⁴² is a brief description of the sacrifice performed at the time of ploughing by one who kept the smārta or aupāsana fire: 'on an auspicious constellation he should cook a mess of sacrificial food and should offer oblations to the following deities, viz. Indra, Maruts, Parjanya (rains), Aśani (thunderbolt), Bhaga. And he should also offer (clarified butter) to Sītā, Āśā, Araḍā, Anaghā.' In Pār. gṛ. II. 17 this rite is described in greater detail. But for want of space it is not set out here. The Pār. gṛ. in II. 13 speaks of a different rite to be performed at the time of taking out the plough and using it for ploughing. - [Previous: v3.c42.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c42.7) - [Next: v3.c42.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c42.9) - [Up: v3.c42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c42) ## Linked texts (2) - [Gobhilagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.gobhila.4.4.27) — Gobhila, Sanskrit - [Pāraskaragṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.paraskara.2.17) — Pāraskara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c42.8) · Pramāṇa