History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.188

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²³⁹⁷ The word sūktavāka has two meanings viz. the deity Agni and also the formula repeated by the hotṛ. Vide Āp. III. 6. 5-6 for the two meanings 'सूक्तवाकाय सूक्ता ब्रूहि' in sūtra 5 and अनूच्यमाने सूक्तवाके in 6. Āśv. I. 9. contains sūktavāka and rules about its recitation. 'सूक्तवाको नामेष्टदेवताकीर्तनार्थ इदं द्यावापृथिवी इत्यनुवाकः' com. on Āp. III. 6. 6. Vide Tai. S. II. 6. 9. 5ff, तै. ब्रा. III. 5. 10 for इदं द्यावापृथिवी &c. and Śat. Br. I. 8. 3. 1-19 and I. 9. 1. 1-23 for a disquisition on sūktavāka.