History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.137

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²³⁶⁵ The adhvaryu mutters the name of the hotṛ but the word 'mānuṣaḥ' is loudly uttered and the first vowel in it is made *pluta*. The Śat. Br. I. 5. 1. 5-13 sets out the pravara-mantra and explains it: अग्निर्दैवो दैव्यो होता देवान्यक्षद्विद्वाँश्चिकित्वाम्मनुष्वद्भरतवत् । ... ... अथार्षेयं प्रवृणीते । ऋषिभ्यश्चैवैतं तद्देवेभ्यश्च निवेदयत्ययं महावीर्यो यो यज्ञं प्रापदिति । तस्मादार्षेयं प्रवृणीते । परस्तादर्वाक्त प्रवृणीते । ...... स आर्षेयमुक्त्वाह । ब्रह्मण्वद्वा च वक्षद् ब्राह्मणा अस्य यज्ञस्य प्रावितारः । असौ मानुषः ।. सत्याषाढ (II. 1. p. 187) says 'अग्निर्देवो ... ... भरतवन्म्रुवदसुवदिति यजमानस्यार्षेयं सह परेण त्रीनन्वन्तरान्'. Āp. II. 16. 5 is almost the same. After भरतवत् the names of the pravara sages are taken; for example, if the yajamāna is of Kauśika gotra then he utters कुशिकवत् अघमर्षणवत् विश्वामित्रवत्. Vide notes 1139 and 1140 above for the two modes of taking the pravara names, one with affix वत् (where the first sage mentioned is the most remote, the next comes after him in time) and the other mode by taddhita formation where the latest among the pravara sages is mentioned first as in वैश्वामित्राघमर्षणकौशिकेति. Jai. (VI. 1. 43) asserts that one who has not three pravara sages is not eligible for performing darśapūrṇamāsa. Āp. II. 16. 12 and XXIV. 10. 18 and Śat. II. 1. p. 188 give rules about the pravara names of royal sacrificers and of those who have two gotras and state that some held that 'Manuvat' is the pravara for all. Vide notes 1152-53. For the प्रवरमन्त्र 'अग्निर्देवो ... ... प्रावितारः' vide Āp. II. 16. 5 and 11, Śat. II. 1. pp. 187-188.