History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c72.97

v5.c72.97

⁴⁸⁶ अनुस्तरणी is a cow or she-goat which is killed and then is made to cover the dead body with its limbs. The word is explained by नारायण as 'प्रेतमनुस्तरर्यते या स्त्री पशु. सानुस्तरणी ।'. The कात्यायनश्रौत (25. 7. 34-37) 'अनुस्तरणी चेत्पञ्चाकर्णमाहत्य हस्तयोर्वृक्कौ । अङ्गेष्वङ्गानीति जातूकर्ण्यः । न वास्ति सन्देहात्। वपया मुखमवच्छाद्याग्निभिरादीपयति । आहुतिं जुहोति पुत्रो भ्रातान्योवा ब्राह्मणोऽस्मात्त्वमधिजातोऽसि त्वदयं जायता पुन. असौ स्वर्गाय लोकाय स्वाहेति । The mantra अस्मात्त्व.. लोकाय स्वाहा is वाज सं 35 22 Vide शतपथ ब्रा XII. 5 2 15 for the same words and mantra as in Kāt Sr. The com of Yājñikadeva on Kāt. Sr. 25 7 34 explains वृक्कौ as कुक्षिगोलकौ Vide also Baud. P. S I 4 1 and I 9-10, Sat. Sr 28.2 3-13, Kauś 81. 20-27 The latter prescribes that the cow is led round with the left side towards the corpse with the mantras A V 18 3 3 and 4, that the cow is struck on her buttocks and loins, that two vrkkas are taken from the cow's back and placed on the hands of the corpse with the mantra 'ati drava' (A V. XVIII 2 11) which is Rg. X 14 10