History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.852

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The Sautrāmaṇī is not a soma sacrifice but it is a combination of an *iṣṭi* with an animal sacrifice. It was so called from '*sutrāman*' (an epithet of Indra). Its peculiar characteristic was the offering of *surā* in cups. In modern times milk is offered in its place and Āp. Śr. allowed it even in ancient times¹⁸¹⁹. It was included among the seven *haviryajñas* by Gaut. (VIII. 20). At the end of the Rājasūya it was performed or in Agnicayana or for one who suffered vomiting or purging from the excessive drinking of soma. For sautrāmaṇī and the preparation of surā in it, vide H. of Dh. vol. II pp. 1225-1228. Bhaṭṭoji (in com. on Caturviṁśati-mata p. 53) and the Nirṇayasindhu construe this to mean 'having social intercourse with one who employs surā in Sautrāmaṇī' but this is not satisfactory. The Dharmasindhu explains as above (III. pūrvārdha p. 357)¹⁸²⁰.