History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c52.32.9

v3.c52.32.9

That becomes his consecration (dīkṣā) for the next rite, viz. Daśapeya. Jaimini declares (in XI. 2. 57-62) that though soma is purchased for both Abhiṣecanīya and Daśapeya at the same time (vide p. 1216 above), yet in the two ekāhas the whole procedure of soma sacrifices is repeated. A different proposition is stated in Kāt. XV. 8. 10-13 (except as to dīkṣā and avabhṛtha which are repeated in both rites). On the tenth day after the Abhiṣecanīya is finished the Daśapeya is performed (Lāṭ. IX. 2. 1, Kāt. XV. 8. 14 says on the 7th day i. e. on 7th of the bright half of Caitra). This rite is so called because in it each of the ten camasas (cups) of soma are partaken of by ten brāhmaṇas (Āśv. IX. 3. 18, Āp. XVIII. 21. 3). The brāhmaṇas are the ten ṛtviks who ordinarily partake of the soma in camasas plus 90 more (called *anuprasarpakas*) who possess special qualifications, viz. whose ten ancestors on the father's and mother's sides were masters of Vedic lore, had rigorously performed their duties and were engaged in holy actions and who had no sexual or marital alliances with non-brāhmaṇas²⁶⁵⁶ (vide Āśv. IX. 3. 19-21, Śāṅ.