History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c48.65

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²³¹¹ The praiṣa (summons) is हविष्कृदे३हि हविष्कृदे३हि हविष्कृदे३हि. The figure 3 is used to show that the preceding letter is *pluta* (of three moras). Haviṣkṛt literally means 'one who separates the grains from the husks.' According to Tai. Br. III. 2. 5 the summons is addressed to many divine haviṣkṛts 'हविष्कृदेहीत्याह य एव देवानां हविष्कृतः। तान् ह्वयति त्रिरुह्वयति त्रिसत्या हि देवाः.' In the case of the brāhmaṇa sacrificer the call for the person who separates is हविष्कृदेहि, for a kṣatriya sacrificer हविष्कृदागहि, for a vaiśya हविष्कृदाद्रव and for the śūdra हविष्कृदाधाव. Or the first call may be employed for all. Vide Satapatha I. 1. 4. 12, Āp. I. 19. 9-10, Sat. I. 5. According to some हविष्कृत् is पर्जन्य. The com. on Āp. explains that 'śūdra' here stands for निषादस्थपति. हविष्कृत् means 'the person who prepares the havis' as also the formula used to call him. On the Vedic text 'हविष्कृदेहीति त्रिरवघ्नन्नाह्वयति' Jaimini concludes that this sentence contains an injunction to summon thrice the wife or other separater of grains (III. 2. 5-9). Jai. (XII. 2. 11) establishes that there is no haviṣkṛt call in savanīya puroḍāśas. According to Śat. Br. I. 1. 4. 13 the wife formerly rose to the haviṣkṛt call but in its time either the wife or the āgnīdhra priest rose.