History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.130

v3.c48.130

²³⁶⁰ This pouring of ājya is called *āghāra*. There are two *āghāras*, the one described here being the first. In the first Prajāpati is the *devatā*, in the 2nd Indra. In the first ājya is poured from north-west to south-east and in the 2nd from the south-west to north-east. Both are done by the adhvaryu. Jaimini I. 4. 4 establishes that the word 'āghāra' is the name of a rite (karma-nāmadheya) and not a guṇavidhi. Vide also Jaimini II. 2. 13–16 on the passages आधारमाघारयति, संततमाघारयति, ऋजुमाघारयति &c. In XI. 1. 54–67 Jai. establishes after a lengthy discussion that the āghāras are performed only once in the darśapūrṇamāsa and are not repeated at each of the principal offerings.