History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c51.131

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²⁶¹⁵ The parts of the मरुत्वतीयशस्त्र may be briefly indicated here from Āśv. V. 14. 3ff. हिं भूर्भुवः स्वरो३म् । अध्वर्यो शों३सावो३म् (आहावः)। शों३सामो दैवो३म् (प्रतिगरः) according to Ait. Br. or शों३सामो दैव according to Tai. S. (vide note 2602 above). Then Ṛg. VIII. 68. 1-3 (triplet called pratipad), Ṛg. VIII. 2. 1-3 (a triplet called anucara), Ṛg. VIII. 53. 5-6 (called Indranihnava pragātha); Ṛg. I. 40. 5-6 (called Brāhmaṇaspatya pragātha); Ṛg. III. 20. 4, I. 91. 2, I. 64. 6 (three verses called Dhāyyā); VIII. 89. 3-4 (Marutvatīya pragātha), Ṛg. X. 73. 1-6; a nivid 'Indro Marutvān' (Āśv. V. 14. 20, Śāṅ. VIII. 16. 1 gives the whole in 20 short clauses); Ṛg X 73. 7-11; japa in the words 'ukthaṁ vacīndrāya śṛṇvate tvā' (Āśv. V. 14. 26); and lastly Ṛg. III. 47. 4 as the yājyā. This śastra follows after and is connected with the Mādhyandina pavamāna stotra (com. on Kāt. X. 3. 7). According to Kāt. X. 3. 8 the pratigara of adhvaryu here is 'modāmo daiva.' According to Āśv. V. 14. 7-8 pratipad and anucara consist of three verses and pragāthas consist of two ṛk verses. A pragātha is called Bārhasa when the two verses are in Bṛhatī and Satobṛhatī metres and it is called Kākubha when there is a combination of verses in the Kākubh and Satobṛhatī metres.