History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.41

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About sānnāyya Sat. states some divergent views. The Kāpeyas held that even one who has not performed soma-yāga may offer sānnāyya and the deity in his case will be Indra and after he offers Soma, the deity for sānnāyya will be Mahendra. According to Śabara on Jai. X. 8. 44 the Gopāyanas held that one who has not performed a soma sacrifice may offer sānnāyya. According to Sat. himself, for a year or two after Somayāga the deity will be Indra and then Mahendra if the sacrificer so desires. Persons of the Aurva and Gautama gotras and those who are *gataśrī* (vide note 2259) may if they like offer sānnāyya to Mahendra even before performing Somayāga. Compare Āp. I. 14. 8-11 and vide Jai. X. 8. 35-46 (about the two puroḍāśas and sānnāyya).