[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v3.c50.20 # 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 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c50.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.20) 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. - [Previous: v3.c50.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.19) - [Next: v3.c50.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.21) - [Up: v3.c50](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v3.c50.20) · Pramāṇa