History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c75.429

v5.c75.429

Homa, as a means of removing consequences of sins 43-44; could be performed in ordinary fire 78n, for women and śūdras to be performed through a brāhmaṇa as a *pratinidhi* acc to some digests 78n; general procedure of 543n, number of oblations of clarified butter is either 28, 108 or 1008, 543, one lakh of homas with sesame accompanied by Gāyatrī recitation as substitute for heavy expiations 128, should be performed in all expiations 120