History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c50.20
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c50.20
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²⁴⁹⁴ The *svaru* is the first piece that is severed when the yūpa was being hewn out of the tree trunk that was felled. Śabara on Jai. XI. 3. 9 remarks यद्यप्येकस्यापि यूपस्य बहवः स्वरवः संभवन्ति ...... यः प्रथमः शकलः परापतेत्स स्वरुः कार्य इति वचनात् । Jai. (in XI. 3. 8-12) establishes that the svaru is only one like the yūpa, even if there are many animals to be sacrificed in the same yajña.