History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.19

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²⁶⁴² According to Jai. IV. 3. 29–31 the Bṛhaspatisava is an aṅga of Vājapeya and the sentence वाजपेयेनेष्ट्वा बृहस्पतिसवेन यजेत does not lay down a time for the performance of that rite. Vide Tai. Br. II. 7. 1 and Āp. XXII. 7. 5 ff, Āśv. IX. 5. 3 ff for बृहस्पतिसव which is a kind of Ekāha soma sacrifice and which is to be performed by one who desires overlordship (ādhipatya) or spiritual eminence (brahmavarcasa) according to Āśv. IX. 5. 3 or by one who desires to be the purohita of a king (Tai. Br. II. 7. 1).