History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c71.s1.550

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*BRAHMAKŪRCA*—The Mit ³³⁵ on Yājñavalkya III 314 states that when a man fasts on one day and on the next day mixes up the ingredients of pañcagavya with Vedic *mantras* and drinks it with mantras it is called Brahmakūrca. According to Śaṅkha cow's urine is taken with the Gāyatrī (Ṛg. III. 62 10), cowdung with the mantra ‘Gandhadvārām’ (Tai. Ā. X. 1), milk with ‘ā pyāyasva’ (Ṛg I 91.16), curds with ‘dadhikrāvno’ (Ṛg IV. 39. 6), ghee with ‘Tejosi’ (Vāj. S. 22. 1) and Kuśa water with ‘devasya tvā’ (Vāj S. 22 1, Ait. Br. 37. 3 &c.). Jābāla ³³⁶ prescribes that when a man observes a fast for the whole day and night on a day and particularly on a Full Moon day, and then drinks pañcagavya the next morning this is called the rite of Brahmakūrca. Parāśara (XI. 27-28) appears to hold that Pañcagavya and *Brahmakūrca* are synonyms. The Madanapārijāta p. 729 and Pr. Sāra. p. 189 state that the Sāntapana described by Yāj. (III. 314) is styled Brahmakūrca.³³⁷