History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c73.t1.201

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⁹⁸⁵ 'Arghya water'—The मिता. states 'विश्वेदेवा इदं वो अर्घ्यमित्यर्घ्योदकं विनिक्षिपेत्.। The arghya is to be offered to each ब्राह्मण separately as required by गोभिलस्मृति III 74 'अर्घेदकक्ष्योदके चैव पिण्डदानेऽवनेजने । तन्त्रस्य तु निवृत्तिः स्यात्स्वधावाचन एव च ॥' The printed मिता reads the मन्त्र as यवोसि धान्यराजो वा. which is not found in the Vāj. S. or other *saṁhitās*. Similarly, the मिता reads the मन्त्र 'या दिव्या आपः पयसा' for अर्घ्य, which is probably Ṛg. VII. 49 2 with the order of words changed. अपरार्क (p 479) states that if there are two वैश्वदेवब्राह्मणाs then water and yavas should be put in two vessels and the मन्त्र is to be repeated each time when putting water, putting यवs and at each अर्घ्य. हेमाद्रि (on श्रा p. 1229) defines: ' अर्घ्यो नामार्हणीयान् पुरतः संमाननार्थं प्रशस्तद्रव्यप्रक्षेपः'.