History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v3.c54.153

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Agnihotra: cow identified with 1001; daily offered twice 998; daily homa is performed with cow's milk or ājya or cooked rice &c. 1001; deities to whom offered 681, 1003-1004; highly thought of in vedic times, but not obligatory on every body 677; is the second of seven haviryajñas 998; kṣatriyas and a. 1006-7; lasts as long as life lasts 425, 676; lasts throughout life according to vedic passages 998; oblations in, of what corn 681; one who has lost his wife may perform 685, 1000; procedure of śrauta a. 1000-1006; śrauta a. 998-1008; somewhat rare even in ancient times 979; time of 979; time of morning and evening śrauta a. 999-1000; underlying idea of, was that oblations thrown into fire reach the sun, that sends rain, which produces crops, the sustenance of all beings 680; upasthāna of fire in 1006; whether gṛhya homa should precede or follow śrauta homa 1000; who is to milk the cow in a. 1001;