History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.961

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50. 'Aśvamedha' (n. 1798). The Tai. S. V. 3. 12. 2 states,¹⁸⁷⁷ 'he who performs the Aśvamedha becomes free from (the sin of) brāhmaṇa murder'. In spite of this Vedic authority the Bṛhan-Nāradīya and other purāṇas prohibited it. But no one heeded this prohibition and numerous historic kings performed this sacrifice from at least 200 B. C. to Jayasing in the 18th century A. D. Vide H. of Dh. vol. II. pp. 1238–1239 and pp. 70–71 above for numerous historical performers of Aśvamedha.