[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.c47.22 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.22 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.22 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.22) Other general propositions are: Yāga (sacrifice) is constituted by \*dravya\* (material), \*devatā\* (deity) and \*tyāga\* and yāga means abandonment of \*dravya\* intending it for a deity; \*homa\* means the offering of \*dravya\* in fire intending it for a deity. Yājatis (sacrificial rites) for which no express reward is declared²²⁸¹ by the texts are the aṅga (subordinate part) of the principal yāga. Mantras are of four categories viz. ṛk, yajus, sāman and nigada;²²⁸² ṛks are metrical; a yajus has no restriction as to metre, but it is a complete sentence (Kāt. śr. I. 3. 2); a sāman is sung; nigadas are \*praiṣas\* i. e. words addressed to another calling upon the latter to do a certain thing e. g. 'prokṣaṇīr-āsādaya, srucaḥ sammṛḍḍhi' (Kāt. Śr. - [Previous: v3.c47.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.21) - [Next: v3.c47.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.23) - [Up: v3.c47](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47) ## Cites (1) - [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana-school.katyayana.1.3.2) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.22) · Pramāṇa