History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.32.3

v3.c52.32.3

Soma is bought for both Abhiṣecanīya and Daśapeya at the same time, but half of it (for Daśapeya) is deposited, after being carried in a cart, in the house of the brahmā priest. Then there are eight offerings of caru called Devasū-havīṁṣi viz. to Savitṛ, Agni Gṛhapati, Soma Vanaspati, Bṛhaspati, Indra, Rudra, Mitra, Varuṇa. According to Āp. XVIII. 12. 7-8 after these eight offerings the brahmā priest announces to the 'ratnins' that the sacrificer is their king and refers to the tribes or people occupying the country.²⁶⁴⁹ Vide Kāt. XV. 4. 15-17 also. At the end of iḍā in the case of these caru offerings the priest brings waters of seventeen kinds in seventeen vessels of uduṁbara wood, viz. of the Sarasvatī river, flowing water of a river, water from ripples produced by the entrance of a man or animal, water from a river drawn against the current, water of the sea, of ocean waves, of whirl-pools, of deep steady reservoirs always exposed to the sun, rain water in sunshine before it falls on the ground, of a lake, of a well, of frost &c. (Kāt. XV. 4. 21-42, Āp. XVIII 13. 1-18). All the waters are poured into a vat of udumbara which is placed near the seat of Maitrāvaruṇa. After the Marutvatīya cup is offered in the Ukthya rite, he spreads to the east of the vessel of water a tiger skin on the western end of which lead is placed. Six homas called Pārtha²⁶⁵⁰ are offered (Āp. XVIII. 15. 8, Kāt. XV. 5.