History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.150

v3.c48.150

Puronuvākyā and Yājyā are required in ājyabhāgas, in āvāpa, in Sviṣṭakṛt and in Patnīsaṁyājas, but in prayājas and anuyājas there are only yājyās (vide Sat. II. 2. p. 189). The puronuvākyā is recited by the priest while sitting, while the yājyā is recited standing and the recitation of these is only a saṁskāra and not a principal act (vide Jai. X. 4. 39-41). Four ladlings with sruva are made in the juhū for all sacrificers in ājyabhāgas and other homas, but in the case of sacrificers whose gotra is Jāmadagnya five (pañcāvatta) ladlings are made in the juhū (Āp. II. 18. 2, Sat. II. 2 pp. 190-191) and one whose gotra is not Jāmadagnya may have five ladlings after taking the permission of a Jāmadagnya. The puronuvākyās for the ājyabhāgas in darśeṣṭi are Ṛg. VIII 44. 12 (for Agni) and Ṛg. I. 91. 11 (for Soma).