History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.1017

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and speak more weakly than even a wretched (low) man'. In the Atharvaveda V. 18. 6 Soma is said¹⁰¹⁴ to be the *dāyāda* of the brāhmaṇas. Viśvāmitra invites Śunaḥśepa to share in the spiritual wealth (dāya) belonging to him (Ait. Br. 33. 5), calls upon his sons to follow him and states that he (Śunaḥśepa) would accept them, his wealth (dāya) and his learning¹⁰¹⁵. The Nir. III. 4 quotes or summarizes other Vedic passages in which the words dāya and dāyāda occur. In Pāṇini II. 3. 39 and VI. 2. 5 the word dāyāda occurs.