History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.552

v4.c63.t2.552

¹⁶²⁷ For the Vaiśarjana *homa*, vide H. of Dh. II. p. 1158. In this a piece of fresh cloth is spread over the sacrificer (who touches the adhvaryu), the sacrificer's wife (who touches the yajamāna), the brother and sons of the sacrificer (who touch the wife). In the Vājapeya, the sacrificial post was 17 *aratnis* in height and 17 pieces of cloth were employed to prepare the appearance of a turban on the tip when enveloping the *yūpa* with a girdle. The figure presented by the cloth covering the yūpa was called यूपहस्तिन् (probably because it looked like the head and trunk of an elephant). ' वाजपेयादौ यूपपरिव्याणशाटकं यूपहस्तिशब्दवार्थः ' मयूखमालिका. ' यूपवेष्टनं सप्तदशभिर्वस्त्रैर्व्युद्ग्रथनं वा परिव्ययणकाले ' कात्या. श्रौ. 14. 1. 20 and the com. on Kāt. Śr. says ' रशनापरिव्ययणकाले सप्तदशभिर्वस्त्रैर्यूपस्य वेष्टनं कर्तव्यम् । अथवा व्युद्ग्रथनं विविधमूर्ध्व ग्रथनं कर्तव्यं न तु वेष्टनमात्रम् '.