[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.s2.2 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.s2.2 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c47.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c47.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.s2.2) ²²⁵⁷ The word agnihotra is derived in the Tai. Br. II. 1. 2 as the rite in which \*homa\* is offered to Agni and Sāyaṇa says अग्नये होत्रं होमोऽस्मिन्कर्मणि इति बहुव्रीहिव्युत्पत्त्याऽग्निहोत्रमिति कर्मनाम । अग्नये होत्रमिति तत्पुरुषव्युत्पत्त्या हविर्नाम. Vide Jai. I. 4. 4 (which establishes that in अग्निहोत्रं जुहोति स्वर्गकामः the word 'agnihotra' is the name of a rite). The Śat. Br. XII. 4. 1. 1 says 'दीर्घसत्त्रं ह वा एत उपयन्ति येऽग्निहोत्रं जुह्वत्येतद्वै जरामर्यं सत्त्रं यदग्निहोत्रं जरया वाव ह्येवास्मान्मुच्यते मृत्युना वा'. सत्याषाढ (III. 1) says 'आधानादग्निहोत्रं दर्शपूर्णमासौ च नियतौ । निषादरथकारयोराधानादग्निहोत्रं दर्शपूर्णमासौ च नियम्येते ।'. - [Previous: v3.c47.s2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.s2.1.5) - [Next: v3.c47.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.s2.3) - [Up: v3.c47.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.s2) ## Cites (4) - [Hiraṇyakeśiśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.hiranyakesin.hiranyakesi.3.1) — Hiraṇyakeśin, Sanskrit - [Mīmāṃsāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.mimamsasutra.1.4.4) — Jaimini, Sanskrit - [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.taittiriya.2.1.2) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c47.s2.2) · Pramāṇa