History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.101

v5.c72.101

⁴⁹⁰ It should be noted that there are some variations in the statements about the sacrificial implements made here and in the Sat Br. XII. 5. 2, Sat Sr. 28. 2 23-50, Kāt Sr 25 7 21-33, Kaus. 81 1-19, Baud. P. S. I. 8 11-I. 9 7, Śān Śr. IV 14. 18-36. For example, the Śān Śr. (IV. 16 21-31) prescribes that the Agnihotrahavaṇī is placed on the throat and the two araṇis on the private parts, while Āśv. gr. places the agnihotrahavaṇī on the left side and the śamyā on private parts Śabara quotes several times a passage which says 'They burn the āhitāgni with his (vedic) fires and sacrificial implements' (āhitāgnim-agnibhir dahanti yajñapātraiśca) on Jai IV 1 9, VI, 6 34, XI 3.34 Those words occur also in Baud P. S. III 1.9 Jai XI 3 34 states the proposition that the cremation of the sacrificer with the sacrificial implements is what is called *pratipattikarman* (the final disposal) of the yajñapātras.